Muttons to Midnight (98.7 FM) crew Justin & Vernon speaks with Mr. Chee Soon Juan, the opposition leader in Singapore who has never lead in his life. Dr Chee tells the muttons that he and his supporters would like U.S. President Barack Obama to address the serious human rights abuses taking place in Singapore when he visits the Singapore Zoo later this week to admire the new Panda exhibition.

Justin:
Eh Mutton, we are very honoured to have with us Mr Chee Soon Juan

Vernon:
Doctor……

Justin:
Oh sorry, Dr. Chee Soon Juan. So can you tell us what the opposition in Singapore is doing?

Dr Chee:
Basically Singapore is not a democracy. I live everyday in fear that the ISD will use the International Security Act to detain me without trial Just like Chia Thye Poh. So I don’t bother to contest the elections. My hobbies include going for strolls at Hong Lim Park and fasting in my spare time.

Vernon:
Wow! Hong Lim Park. Do you go for strolls alone?

Dr Chee:
No. Sometimes I am accompanied by my sister and my loyal supporter Yap Kheng Ho. In fact, I was busy preparing for this show that he had to protest at Hong Lim Park by himself today. I cannot afford to take a cab down to the studio and Hong Lim. I sold off my house and car to pay Lee Kuan Yew off and now I am a bankrupt.

 What little money I have managed to save has been wiped out by the collapse of Lehman Brother’s. Its is very disappointing that President Obama is as myopic as he is because of he looks at the situation, he owes me money

Justin:
That’s terrible. May I ask how you are seeking redress?

Dr. Chee
Well my previous lawyers, M. Ravi and Chia Ti Lik have gone missing. Ravi was charged in August 2008 for disturbing a religious assembly by hurling expletives. Ti Lik couldn’t keep his hands off Jasyln Goh and would often malinger during excessively long lunches. Don’t get me started on Gopalan Nair.

Veron:
Nair is now hiding in the U.S. right? Since you have a lot of friends in the U.S., have you thought of leaving the country?

Dr Chee:
No, no, certainly not because leaving the country would mean that they stop paying me and I lose my bungalow that was promised me.

Muttons:
Okay Dr Chee, its time to play…. Arrrrrreeeee youuu stoopid?

Dr. Chee:
I chose primary school mathematics.

Justin:
Maths question: What was the percentage of votes the SDP got in the last GE?

Chee:
Basically, as I have said many times, Singapore is not a democracy and therefore the elections don’t count. So the number is inconsequential

Muttons:
Daaa… wrong!

Dr. Chee:
Ok. Social studies then

Muttons:
In what year did the US and Singapore establish a FTA?

Chee:
Its shameful that US officials continue to extol trade virtues and speak up for MNCs without considering my right to speak about human rights….

Justin:
Da….. wrong! Last chance…. Bonus question for you…politics!

Dr. Chee:
Ok, Im ready!

Justin:
Being Chiam See Tong’s former protégé, what do you think of his plan to challenge a GRC?

Dr. Chee:
HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TELL EVERYONE THAT I WAS NEVER HIS PROTÉGÉ??!!? I joined politics as it as a calling! A calling form the U.S.. to make sure lee kuan yew doesn’t have an easy ride.

Being groomed by a mentor takes place only in an autocratic party!

I conducted a democratic coup and Chiam was disposed off fairly and transparently!

Vernon:
Ermmmm….. wrong?

Dr. Chee:
What the bleeeaahhhhh!

Balraj Naidu (fromer Reform Party CEC member, then ordinary member, now ordinary terrorist crook) was arrested last week and awaits possible rendition (oops.. erm.. extradition) to the U.S. for charges of terror financing the LTTE.

But all this comes as a surprise to Reform Party Chairman, Kenneth Jeyaretnam (son of the great JBJ who we celebrate his death anniversary today). His lawyer father will be turning in his grave upon hearing KJ’s ignorance defence.

KJ claims that these purported crimes “occurred back in 2006. It therefore pre-dates the Reform Party and so The Reform Party has no knowledge of the case”. This is either a case of Temasek Succesion Planning ala chip Goodyear or KJ is being less then honest with us. Notice that he was surprised with “US extradition request” and not the charges.

KJ’s statement is also taken from the book of Ris Low, shamed miss Singapore contestant. His next statement could then very well be “:They ask then I tell lah, because actually I don’t find the point of telling…”.

As for Naidu, I have only one advice. Please, pleaseeee do not hire Gopalan Niar as your defence lawyer!

Straits Times

29 September 2009. By Elena Chong.

Former Reform Party committee member Balraj Naidu made a brief court appearance on Tuesday for an extradition hearing which was adjourned until next Monday.

The businessman was arrested at his home last week and brought to court on a warrant of arrest.

He is wanted by the US Government on two terrorism-related charges and brokering an arms deal with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ellam (LTTE) .

No charge has been laid against him.

The request for his extradition was made around the middle of the year.

Family members of Mr Naidu were in court with his lawyer, who declined comment.

Source: Straits Times

Press Statement by the Reform Party

The Reform Party
18A Smith Street Singapore 058932 Tel: 6534 9641

30 September 2009.

This US extradition request came as a complete surprise to me. I have just now spoken to Mr Naidu’s lawyer and understand that the request relates to matters that are alleged to have occurred back in 2006. It therefore pre-dates the Reform Party and so The Reform Party has no knowledge of the case.

Mr Naidu had already stepped down from the CEC before this case came to light although he is still a member of The Party.

Our concern now is for his family and we are in discussions with his lawyer as to how we can best assist them through this difficult time and with finding legal representation in the U.S. should the extradition request proceed. Meanwhile, we note that this is an ongoing judicial process and I understand that it is in the very early stages and therefore any further comment on our part would be pure speculation and maybe prejudicial to him.

Regards,
Kenneth Jeyaretnam
SG. The Reform Party

…… so close that your lips are almost kissing. A useful adage to bear in mind the next time we have Christian warriors waging a spiritual battle with a coalition of choice loving liberal activists. For the last two weeks we were soberly reminded that Islamic extremism is not the only ice-cream flavour available at the parlour. Thioliban spiritual leader Thio Su Mien Ph.D (Law) (London) (Gifted prophetic intercessionist) (Healer) (Feminist Mentor) (walking Tamiflu pill) brought respectability to the Christian Right wing Movement in Singapore. Her adventures with Josie and her pussycats are catalogued here.

Unfortunately, the main stay ice-cream flavour was restocked from Skudai Johor and a shipment of Mas Selamat Kastari will be making its way back to the fortress that is WRDC. Just like Hotel California, “you can check out anytime you like … but you can never leave”.

Malaysian PM Najib Tun Razak informed that MSK was originally planning to return to Singapore with perhaps a big BANG. Malaysian Home Minister and Inspector-General of Police confirmed that his capture was possible as he was planning something. Singapore claims to have provided the intel leads that led to his recapture and Malaysian Police Intelligence have added that his arrest would not have been possible without the cooperation of Singapore and Indonesian counterparts. So what do we do with him now?

Counter-ideologist expert Muhammad Haniff Hassan stressed that Mas Selamat “remains an ordinary human being who deserves a chance”, despite his track record. I would tent to disagree. Someone who is a career escape artist, Olympic standard swimmer and serial planner of attacks on Singapore, is in my books well beyond rehabilitation. Much like his estranged sister of mayhem – Thio Su Mien.

Will Thio and Co. be to Christianity  as Hambali and MSK was to Jemaah Islamiah? Probably not in the near future, but cross the butt-line too often, and you will find an ass cheek right in your face. But for now, the  will have to be content with page 73 as MSK takes pages 1-5.

Subject: Email is evil. Evil indeed.
To: Undisclosed recipients and all readers of this blog, oh and to Thio Su Mien
From: Me

Hope this would be a lesson to all. The next time you are intent on orchestrating a pinky-and-the-brain takeover of a local NGO, please be clever enough to hold secret meetings in your homes or in dark alleys behind your church building.

Mass email is a no no and praying for God’s guidance to steer the email to the chosen few is plain wishful thinking. Printing “PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL” on the top really doesn’t do anything as well.

I will reprint the emails in their entirety, or at least as I found them, for posterity sake. Afterall, if you cannot share private and confidential information, life would be too boring.

But first I shall highlight some choice quotes:

Thio Su Mien – “Unfortunately, I cannot surface but shall be assisting in the background. I attach the Aware membership application form for your use.”

Surface you did like the proverbial serpent from the ocean depths. And as the sun caught your face, your true form was revealed – feminist mentor arise!

Thio Su Mien -“The Aware application form has a section as to who ( if any) told you about Aware. You can just leave it blank”

So how did you become aware of aware? Ermmm …. blank

“Lynn” (to her what I believe to be her cell group) – “be a change agent for the Lord in some of the recent issues happen in this organization that is not according to the Lord’s principles………..”

I’m not sure if the Lord taught his disciples to conduct a coup d’etat. Let me double check the good book.

“Shawn” of Church of our Saviour mass email out to God knows how (pun utterly intended) – “we are calling on all responsible females to sign up for membership with AWARE immediately, and also to attend this all-important EGM so as to vote against changing the Constitution….. You are made for such a time as this!”

Yes, god created Eve for just such a purpose. Ladies, do you feel all warm inside?

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From: smthio@xxxxxxx.sg
To: stjh21@xxxxxx.sg, Undisclosed-Recipient:
Subject: Re Aware
Attachments AWARE_membership_mail-in_application_form.pdf concerned parents.1.do

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL

Dear All

Please see Attachments on some recent developments in Aware. Aware is a woman’s organization which conducts comprehensive sexual programmes for girls and it runs this programme in some of the schools. They encourage girls to express their full sexuality and this includes experimenting with other girls. It would be a good idea to join it and change its focus to other problems of women and families.

..Please ask your like-minded friends to join Aware so that you can give the vote to those who wish to be an agent of change for the Lord. They could also contribute to the activities of the oprganization as there is much to be done for women and families in this dowturn of the economy. Unfortunately, I cannot surface but shall be assisting in the background . I attach the Aware membership application form for your use. The Aware application form has a section as to who ( if any) told you about Aware. You can just leave it blank . Please let me know whether you can join and attend the AGM which will be towards the end of March 2009. The fee is $40/ and should be mailed to the Aware Office ( see application form).

Look forward to hearing from you. Please call me. May I have your phone no?

Blessings,
Su Mien

From: lynkl@xxxxxx
To: leonglh@xxxxxx, siowkee16@xxxxxx.sg, shari200@xxxxxx.sg., aikhoons@xxxxx.sg, siuyoong@xxxxx.com, sulilee8@xxxx.com, jesgbf@xxxxx.com, eschan@xxxxx.sg
Subject: Fw: Re Aware
Attachments AWARE_membership_mail-in_application_form.pdf McFarlane v. homosex therapy.htm selected articles (1).pdf

Dear beloved Sis In Christ,
Would like to ask you and your like-minded friends who are believers to join as members of AWARE to cast votes and be a change agent for the Lord in some of the recent issues happen in this organization that is not according to the Lord’s principles………..
Please pray for Lord’s wisdom to pass on this important message as it is confidential……
Thank you.
Lynn.
12/2/09

From: Mervyn xxx
Sent: Sat 4/18/2009 11:59 PM
To: xxxx Xian Jin; FOONG Tai Wei; Adora TAN Su Yan; Eugene TAN Jia Rong; ZHOU Siming
Subject: RE: AWARE – Your Action Needed

Acknowledged. We (Eugene and I) had quite a bit of talk on this issue over dinner today.

Right now we should pray for the COOS members who are being put through scrutiny and invasion of their private lives by the media. Pray that God’s Word will prevail over the values of the world. Homosexuality isn’t God’s design and we pray that those who stand up against it and are discriminated will be delivered.

Praise God for COOS’ stand and He who aids us as we stand firmly upon His Word.

- Merv

Lotsa lessons to learn about how we Christians engage the world and secularism.

From: xxxx Xian Jin
Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 11:37 PM
To: FOONG Tai Wei; Adora TAN Su Yan; Mervyn LEE xxx xxx; Eugene TAN Jia Rong; ZHOU Siming
Subject: FW: AWARE – Your Action Needed

Dear friends,

Thanks Tai Wei and Adora for taking an interest in the Aware Elections and how Church of Our Saviour has been embroiled in the controversy in the papers today. The media seems to have taken a strong stance against my church and this email is to update you all on the church’s position, which the senior pastor has kept mum about, but we would be expecting his comments in church tomorrow.

Below is an email sent out by a church staff to members of the church on the need for Christians to rise up and how they can be involved in this issue. Meanwhile, please pray for the church for it could be difficult time for members who are in the spotlight and the church could also be facing some brickbats along the way. Pray for God’s protection and wisdom to see us through.

DG, keeping you in the loop.

Xian Jin

——— Forwarded message ———-
From: Shawn xxx
Date: Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Subject: AWARE – Your Action Needed
To:

Dear Friend,

Our nation needs your support and action very urgently!

AWARE is an organization that has existed in Singapore for many years.

It is a non-profit body dedicated to women’s advocacy and gender equality.

They protect women’s rights and help develop women to their fullest potential.

In the last few years, AWARE has aggressively become involved in gay

activism. Many members of their committee are pro-gay. They have even

conducted a sexual education programme in some schools that teach

young people that it is normal and alright to behave homosexually. They

have also screened a lesbian-themed movie Spider Lilies at a Charity Ball.

During this week, AWARE held an election of office bearers. This event saw

many of the pro-gay old guards losing their positions in the committee to new

faces. These new people do not share the values of the pro-gay old guards

and has caused much shock and rage to the latter group.

The pro-gay old guards are retaliating by calling for an Extraordinary General

Meeting where they intend to amend the Constitution to only allow members

who have been with AWARE for more than 2 years, to vote. If this change is

passed, then only the pro-gay old guards and their cohorts will have the

power to do what they want.

To prevent this from happening, we are calling on all responsible females

to sign up for membership with AWARE immediately, and also to attend this

all-important EGM so as to vote against changing the Constitution.

If you are male and have received this petition, please pass it to as many

responsible females as you know and encourage them to sign up for

membership with AWARE so as to vote against any changes to their

Constitution.

The date for the EGM has yet to be announced but it should be soon.

Membership fees are $40 for adult females and $5 for female fulltime students below

the age of 25. Please print the attached softcopy of the membership form,

fill in the details (no need to tell who referred you), mail the form with your cheque.

Singapore is counting on you. Please respond.

You are made for such a time as this!

Pro-Family,

Shawn

________________________________

From: Linda xxx
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:21 PM
To: COOS English Church Staff – DL; Derek xxx
Subject: FW: Ps 68:11

Dear Pastor Derek,

The number of members registered on Tuesday night is 13 out of 40 who turned up.

One thing I forgot to mention this morning was the film show Spider Lilies (selected articles attached above)

The school children were told that lesbian lifestyle is okay.

Linda

From: suzanne ho
To: Adeline Koh ; Alice Wong ; Doreen Wong ; Ellen Tan ; Fion Cheok ; Jun Choy —– ; Kit Wan Chan ; Kum Koon Ho ; Lorraine ; Lorrain Loh ; Lynn Tan ; Mac & Percia Lim ; mariam Oey Mei Hoa ; Melissa Poon ; Mun Yee Kong ; Pastor Lee ; Ronald, Sik Lin Cho ; Rose Ong ; Sharon n Paul Lim ; Shirley Lee ; Teck Jee Lee ; Vivian Cheong ; Yi Wah Chan ; Bertie
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 12:00 AM
Subject: FW: Re AWARE

FYI. Please be discreet and selective as to who you want to forward to.

Blessings,
Suzanne

As an inauspicious moon loomed over this Chinese New Year long weekend, the nation was shocked to its knees when titans of the local blogging community abandoned their flock in their time of crisis and need.

The most devastating resignations came from Events Director XtraLarge and the self-pwned Vice President (Membership), DK (the Diminutive Kok).

The association’s spokesman Wilfrid Wong, its secretary, said both he and its president, Ms Jayne Goh, were ‘determined’ to keep the organisation going. Naturally so, considering the cool backstage passes one can receive while in office. Members have their privileges afterall.

Bloggers unanimously are wishing Ms Goh all the best in her regrouping and recruitment exercise. We all can appreciate how difficult it is to attract the right kind of likeminded, niche, independent, blogging talent.

PS: The people behind ABS should just be honest and state the real reason for their existence: for commercial self interests. Then Im sure the vitriol will end. Give Wendy a call.

After reading about the formation of official (unofficial), protem (pretend) Association of Bloggers (Singapore), I was not sure whether to laugh or cry. Needless to say, I was not part of the invitee list to this esteemed association of the best-of-the-best by invitation-only grouping.

An unfashionable blog such as mine would be a disgrace to the association that strives to “educate bloggers and improve the quality of blogs” and to “show everyone that the new media is also a reliable source of information”. I have no argument with that as my blog is neither reputable nor reliable. But surely the super sexy and noted fluff blogger Holly Jean deserves to be in? Of course not!! She may blog about the same crap as the association members but she is too gorgeous for this grouping of toads.

According to their decrepit and near-fossilized president (I should say OUR blog president), this formation will “engage the Government in discussions on its policies and help shape Singapore, making it a better place to live and work.”

Question: where was she when the fellowship of 13, led by a gay Gandalf, responded to the AIMS consultative paper? Where was she when the geeks of our fair land did the same?

Answer: she was busy promoting air shows and conducting photography contests.

Being an equal opportunist basher, I shall shift attention to the Vice President (Membership) of the association, Mr Darryl Kang or more widely known as DK.

“VP of Membership”, now that’s a lofty title. Such an office requires an impartial individual who is wiling to reach across the pond and embrace bloggers of all types. Aren’t you all glad to know that he has busied himself with “searching for other like minded bloggers”?

If the association is filled with like-minded individuals then there is really no need for his other lofty goal of “dispute resolution” as he put it in his blog. I also feel all warm and cosy inside knowing that the dispute mediator is a scorned former founder of ping.sg who was complaining about being left out of the “in-group”, didn’t receive ping award, stirred up a big fuss, left in a huff and puff and decided to form his own little own group. “Take that Ping.sg!” It’s all nicely catalogued here.

On a serious end note: its troubling that these days representative associations form like fly by night operations with little credibility nor accountability. These bloggers that claim to represent the whole are nothing more than sponsor- and ad- chasing fame-whores that seek to exploit the mass to amass some cash.

‘White Guilt’ is a term used to describe the collective guilt felt by white people for acts of slavery and racism (past and present) meted upon their black or minority brethren. As a result, ‘white guilt’ drives white folk into acts of charity and campaign championing out of guilt and pity. Paradoxically, their superficial acts of charity reinforce societal segregation (master-slave relationship) and redraw the line in the sand.

To draw an example, a socialite might attend a gala dinner in benefit of impoverished black youths but run for the hills when passed a group of black youths in an alley. To put it crudely, “I apologise for the suffering of your people, here is some money, but please don’t come to my neighbourhood”.

Our own Singaporean-styled ‘white-guilt’ (sing-guilt) is in itself a sight to behold. We pride ourselves for our multiculturalism. A shining example of racial and religious tolerance. We claim to care for the less affluent and champion for the rights of the transient workers on whose backs our city was built and continues to be built, cleaned and serviced.

But when it comes to crunch time, we adopt a ‘Singaporeans First Policy’ and ‘Not My BackYard’ mentality. Think the numerous anti-Foreign Talent whine-posts on TOC, populous political manifestos, and the uproar over the Serangoon Gardens worker dormitory.

Sing-guilt leads some to assert loudly and proudly that “Transient Workers Count Too”, but subsequent actions betray the underlying thought “but I wish there were less of them to count”.

My attention was drawn to yesterday’s news of two local activists arrested for staging a protest in support of two Myanmar nationals that have been effectively booted out of Singapore (through non-renewals of their visas) for their participation in protest activities.

The legality of the arrests and non-renewal of the workers’ visas is arbitrary and I suspect, of fleeting interest to the majority of the population. Yet it warranted an official reply from MHA and MOM. To put some perspective, the last group of persons to be arrested for their sing-guilt activities was 5 SDP members in Oct 2007. Their pro-democracy petition to the Myanmese embassy garnered 1,200 signatories. Now compare that to the 40,000 signatories in Singapore for a petition to end animal cruelty. Imagine that. We are 40 times more likely to campaign for animal rights than human rights.

As far as i am concerned (to do a spin on a classic phrase): The unemployment of two is a tragedy while the unemployment of thousands is a statistic. If that doesnt disturb you i dont know what will.

So before you wag your self-righteous finger at me, remember that in the end, the same people that cry injustice and pen down their names in remembrance with one hand, will sign away the rights of thousands of their countrymen with the other hand.

* Dedicated to the self-righteous colleague who was kind enough draw my attention to the article and my unsympathetic heart

The press reports that a Raving Mad Ravi had disrupted prayers at the Jamae Chulia mosque. Police reports confirm this. What is intriguing is that another crazy, Can’t-stop-Yapping UncleYap had on hearing of his arrest, announced that Ravi was arrested for disrupting a religious ceremony at a Hindu Temple Sir Marianman.

Crazy people say the darndest things don’t they? I can hear the sound of a palm slapping the forehead of a betrayed Ravi. He exclaims: ” why oh why did you have to mention the Temple ?!!?”.

It seems Ravi is a serial congregation abuser. Looks like he will be returing to IMH soon … and he will want to bring his friend-in-need-is-a-friend-in-deed Yap.

Lawyer M Ravi arrested and charged with disturbing mosque prayers

By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 11 August 2008 2332 hrs

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/366973/1/.html

SINGAPORE : Singapore lawyer M Ravi was charged in court on Monday for disturbing a religious assembly.

 

The lawyer, who has represented the Singapore Democratic Party in previous civil cases, was allegedly disrupting evening prayers at the Jamae Chulia mosque on August 3 at about 7.30pm.

 

He is said to have been shouting and interrupting the religious proceeding and when approached by devotees, is alleged to have verbally abused them.

 

According to the police, this is not the first time the lawyer has behaved this way.

 

They said he is known to have behaved violently and abusively at places of worship, shops, the Subordinate Courts, and other public areas.

 

Bail has been set at S$8,000.

 

Police say behaviour that undermines racial and religious harmony will not be tolerated, especially when the provocative act takes place in a place of worship while prayers are being conducted. – CNA/ms 

Taken from Uncle Yaps blog

http://uncleyap-news.blogspot.com/2008/08/familee-leegime-arrested-charged-m-ravi.html

An island wide search for Mas Selamat and decent lawyer for Gopalan Nair is still ongoing. While there is no intelligence to suggest that Mas Selamat has left the island, reports have confirmed that Gopalan Nair’s lawyer lacks the intelligence needed to represent a client.

When asked about the charges brought upon his client, Chia Ti Lik sat down puzzled as he himself was unsure if his client would be canned, hanged, deported or fined. Sources have spotted Gopalan’s lawyer eating curry chicken with rice and a milo while leaving his work undone. Persons close to him informed us that his inability to form a coherent thought these days was due to a splitting headache.

Ti Lik’s former lover has clarified that Ti Lik is currently seeing M Ravi’s psychiatric physician.

Meanwhile, Gopalan may be extradited to Guantanamo Bay to be tried together with KSM (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed).