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Gopalan Nair in Singapore:Judge Belinda Ang's Kangaroo Court
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ya la... you lost touch
i see him like the filthy, grimy, greedy creature in lord of the rings... forgot the name only...
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Originally posted by eagle:
ya la... you lost touch
i see him like the filthy, grimy, greedy creature in lord of the rings... forgot the name only...
Gollum or Smeagol?
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Originally posted by maurizio13:
yepLet's call him gollum
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source: http://aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/did-goplan-nair-threaten-belinda-ang/
Did Goplan Nair threaten Belinda Ang?
Posted by Charles on June 1, 2008According to Channel News Asia, the Singapore police has recently arrested a former Singaporean for sending ‘insulting statements to a public servant’ to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. The allegedly offensive statement has also been posted on his blog (Channel News Asia, 2008).
A quick search online in Singapore Statutes throw up one possible offense that the police might prosecute him under - The Penal Code, Chapter 10 - Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants - Section 189, ‘Threat of injury to a public servant’ which states that:
Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any public servant, or to any person in whom he believes that public servant to be interested, for the purpose of inducing that public servant to do any act, or to forbear or delay to do any act, connected with the exercise of the public functions of such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both (Singapore Statutes, n.d.).
In his latest post, ‘Singapore. Judge Belinda Ang’s Kangaroo Court’, Nair claims that the court has been misappropriated for political means (Nair 2008). However, any references to the judge, Belinda Ang, cannot be deemed as threatening to the public servant. For the purpose of a closer examination, we have reproduced any references to Belinda Ang which was found in his blog posting:
1. ‘your stooge of a judge, Belinda Ang’;
2. ‘The judge Belinda Ang was throughout prostituting herself during the entire proceedings, by being nothing more than an employee of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his son and carrying out their orders’;
3. ‘right out of the pages of Alice in Wonderland with Belinda Ang playing the role of the Queen of Hearts before the trial of the Mouse who stole the Tarts very well indeed’;
4. numerous references to her as the ‘kangaroo judge’;
5. ‘and the judge obediently sustained the objection’;
6. ‘ Of course the judge permitted these insults, since after all Lee Kuan Yew and his son owned the courts and the judge as well’;While it is true that in his posting, he accuses the court and the judge of political persecution, sometimes using language that might be deemed as offensive, there was no hint or openly declared threat to cause any injury to the public servant. This is a clear distinction that one should keep in mind.
While it is true that he had openly declared his address, name and laid down a challenge for the Senior Minister to serve him with a writ of summons, there are still no plausible grounds for the arrests.
Given that the Singapore law society has recently announced its intentions to lobby for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be incorporated into the law books, it should seek to represent Mr Nair if the police decides to press ahead with charges. There is no time to be lost given the authorities have said they will put him on trial by Monday.
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Is (Was)he currently really a ''Barrister, Inner Temple, London''?as claimed in
http://www.us-immigrationlaw.com/att.html
pl read
http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/itad/glossary.html
http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/itad/legal_profession.html
http://www.us-immigrationlaw.com/att.html
Did he violate Social Visit Pass?
I assume he was issued a SVP for short term visit.
He said in his blog that he would stay in SG for one week.
But he attended court for 4 days.
He even asked people in public gallery to join SDP and critized
SG gavaman inside court room.
What did he do outside court room besides sending e mails?
What is the purposed of posting phone no.,besides keeping
in touch with old friends?
He blogs after getting US citizenship
He became US citizen in 2005 and started blog at the end of 2006.
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Is he a quitter or a smart guy in politics?
I think i have more respect on Chees now,
after learning his history.
He just hides behind the Uncle Sam flag and throwing stones
to his ex--country.
Very few US people will pity for him than Michael Faye.
He is an adult and a learned lawyer.
Shall he have to answer to CA Bar Association?
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31 May 2008
Man Arrested for Insulting Public Servant In response to media queries, Police confirmed that we have arrested a person on 31 May 2008 at Broadway Hotel, Serangoon Road for the offence of “threatening, abusing or insulting a public servant”. The person is identified as Gopalan Pallichadath Nair, a former Singaporean who is now a US citizen.
A warrant of arrest without bail was granted by the courts for the arrest.
Nair is believed to have sent an email to the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General which contained statements amounting to such an offence. These statements were directed against Justice Belinda Ang, a judge of the Singapore Supreme Court. These statements were also posted on Nair’s blog.
Nair is presently in Police custody. He will be produced in court on 2 June 2008 .
http://www.spf.gov.sg/mic/2008/080531_insultingps.htm
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
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He was released on bail for $5K and passport impounded.
can anyone tell me when and where the case will be mentioned?
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This man should have regretted that gave up
SG citizenship.He liked develop SG democracy very much.
BUT HE IS AND STILL A QUITTER.
BECAUSE OF HIM,NOW I RESPECT CHEES MORE THAN BEFORE.
Read the front page of his blog:
And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime.
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THIS LEARNED LAWYER WAS hand cuffed in front
this morning.He sat inside in dock for one and half hours.
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
This man should have regretted that gave up
SG citizenship.He liked develop SG democracy very much.
BUT HE IS AND STILL A QUITTER.
BECAUSE OF HIM,NOW I RESPECT CHEES MORE THAN BEFORE.
Read the front page of his blog:
Can you define what you mean by the word quitter?By saying that are you not scolding all those who left?
Can you be sued for defamation?
Just asking lah.
since nowsadays so many sue here sue there.
As you can see, I very innocent about this aspect.
Hope you can enlightenment me.
I guess it depends on who you are and animal farm?
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Originally posted by balance_else_complacent:
Can you define what you mean by the word quitter?By saying that are you not scolding all those who left?
Can you be sued for defamation?
Just asking lah.
since nowsadays so many sue here sue there.
As you can see, I very innocent about this aspect.
Hope you can enlightenment me.
I guess it depends on who you are and animal farm?
lion's answer:
A quitter is one who quits from a fight.
Worse,one,like our learned lawyer here,return to arena AND SHOUTS,
''Fight with me!''unforuntely,he is not qualified to fight lah.
2.He will spend a good 7 days in custody to write a scripts for him
to shout in his next trip outside the high wall of arena .
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080602/tap-singapore-lawyer-c3bb44c.html
The court documents showed Nair's email said "judge Belinda Ang was throughout prostituting herself during the entire proceedings".
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June 2, 2008 
Ex-WP member charged for insulting judge in e-mailA FORMER Singaporean lawyer, who is now a US resident, was charged in a court here on Monday with insulting a public officer. Gopalan Nair, 58, an ex-Workers' Party member who is now a US citizen living in California, was arrested in Singapore on Saturday and charged on Monday with insulting Justice Belinda Ang, who presided over the libel case brought by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew against Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leader Chee Soon Juan and his sister, Siok Chin.
He is being remanded for one more week as the authorities said they needed to investigate further, Nair's lawyer Chia Ti Lik told told reporters on Monday.
He is due back in court next Monday.
'We can confirm that Gopalan Nair, a US citizen, was arrested on May 31,' a US embassy spokesman said, adding that 'we are monitoring the case closely'.
According to a court document, Nair is charged with insulting Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean last Thursday by sending an email.
Mr Chia said the comments in the email essentially repeated those Nair made in a recent blog about a defamation case filed by PM Lee and MM Lee against the Chee siblings and SDP.
In the blog, Nair strongly criticised a three-day legal hearing last week to assess damages in the defamation suit.
In another post on his blog on Saturday, Nair taunted authorities, saying he was in Singapore at a particular hotel, and also gave his phone number.
'I am now within your jurisdiction...What are you going to do about it?' Nair wrote.
If convicted, Nair faces a fine of up to S$5,000 or one year in prison. -- AFP.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Courts+and+Crime/STIStory_243607.html
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This US lawyer was charged under:
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES (PUBLIC ORDER AND NUISANCE) ACT
(CHAPTER 184)
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/
Threatening, abusing or insulting public servant
13D. —(1) Any person who in a public place or in a private place —(a) uses any indecent, threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards a public servant in the execution of his duty as such public servant;Why he always get into trouble with law society/bar association in SG and US
Found guility in 1992 in SG for serious mis-conduct.He went to Calif,US before suspended from practice for 2 years.He had fore sight lah...
Pl read my posting in this thread for his little disciplinary action by
CA Bar Association .
Twist and turn in Bail gave him a bigger blow than NO Bail at all
I cant say Prosecution played him.This twist and turn of
deny of bail in the end sure gave him a bigger blow
than No Bail from the very beginning.
This false hope just take away a portion of his will.
Who asks him to challenge and test the efficiency of SG judiciary system?
THis system have been always rated one of the top in the world and improved
a lot since he left.
His Catch me if you can challenge land him in jail.
One blog sent in SG soil is more than enough.But two blogs....
I still think he never think SG use the national judiciary machine
to fix or catch him.
How can a ex--Singaporean,with a colorful history here.
createa blog ''Singapore Dissident'' after he became US citizen,calling people
And if you like what I write, please tell your friends. You will be helping democracy by distributing this widely. This blog not only gives information, it dispels government propaganda put out by this dictatorial regime....
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Hey.It is SG domestic affairs?Has he been paid to do all these things?
2.He just keep talking in SG court room
The court video recordings will show his political speech
in the public gallery in The Supreme Court of Singapore!!
He was stopped by Police in public gallery at least once.
3.I respect CSJ 100 % more after i know of this quitter story
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here is his history in SG:
sources:
http://presspedia.journalism.sg/doku.php?id=cases:1991
today 03 jun 2008 STime shard copy reported he faxed
his letters and AG's reply letters to law officers in SG,among other
things,and get suspended after he migrated to US.
$21,000 could get u half of a new HDB 90 m2 or called 4 --room flat
(3 bed roms and 2 baths, ) in early 1990's.
1991
n.d.: PAP vs Gopalan Nair
Protagonists
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Gopalan Nair, Workers' Party candidate for Bukit Merah constituency in the 1991 elections
Accusations
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Nair was charged with contempt of court "for making speech at an election rally in which he was alleged to have cast aspersions on the system of promotion of judges in the Subordinate Courts."
Outcome
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Nair was found guilty and fined S$8,000 by a High Court judge.
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He was later ordered to pay S$13,000 to the Singapore government for legal costs.
Source
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Gomez, J. (2006). Restricting Free Speech: The Impact on Opposition Parties in Singapore. The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 23, 105 - 131.
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The Workers' Party of Singapore. (n.d.). Workers' Party History: 1991 - 2000. Retrieved January 10, 2008 from http://www.wp.org.sg/party/history/1991_2000.htm.
Category of Repression
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Contempt of court
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This news report told u what did he do in court:
TODAY 02 jun 2008 on line news has limited life span.Therefore,i post here.
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/257269.asp
Former S’porean Gopalan charged
Teo Xuanwei
[email protected]HE LEFT for the United States shortly after he had been fined $8,000 on contempt of court charges, for comments made in a speech at a 1991 election rally. But Gopalan Nair maintained a keen interest in the political scene in Singapore, returning several times to attend hearings of opposition politicians including Mr J B Jeyaretnam and Dr Chee Soon Juan. And most recently, the former Workers’ Party (WP) member, who ran as a candidate during the 1988 and 1991 elections, was back in town for the defamation suit filed by Singapore’s Minister Mentor and Prime Minister against the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and two of its leaders. At the hearing last week, Mr Nair, 58, who sat in the public gallery for all three days, was overheard briefly exchanging heated words with a woman behind him, whom he told to “shut up”. He was also overheard remarking, loudly, to the person next to him — after SDP secretary-general Dr Chee made his closing submissions — that “it was like listening to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela”. But then, Mr Nair went further — a step too far, in the eyes of the authorities. The day following the conclusion of the hearing, the lawyer allegedly sent an email to the Solicitor-General and the Attorney-General, stating: “The judge Belinda Ang was throughout prostituting herself during the entire proceedings, by being nothing more than an employee of Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his son and carrying out their orders.” For that, he was charged in court yesterday with insulting a public servant, an offence which carries a $5,000 maximum fine or imprisonment of up to one year upon conviction. Mr Nair, who is now an American citizen and specialises in immigration law, has launched other attacks on the judicial system before. The 1991 contempt of court charges were brought against him after he criticised the system of promotion of judges in the subordinate courts. Besides the fine, he also had to pay the Singapore Government $13,000 in legal costs. The following year, the lawyer was suspended from practice for two years and ordered to pay costs after he sent two threatening letters to former Attorney General Tan Boon Teik. The letters were in relation to a Privy Council appeal case which involved then-WP leader Mr Jeyaretnam. By then, Mr Nair had moved to the US and was not present for his hearing. Since 2006, he has kept a blog with regular posts on Singapore politics. His last post on Saturday morning – hours before his arrest at the hotel he was staying in – contained strong words about the defamation hearing. He ended the post by taunting authorities. “Mr Lee Kuan Yew, look here. I am now within your jurisdiction ... What are you going to do about it?” he wrote, and included the hotel’s address and his mobile phone number. No plea was taken yesterday from Mr Nair, who is represented by ex-WP member Chia Ti Lik. An American consul and numerous SDP members and supporters sat in for the hearing. Judge Miranda Yeo acceded to the prosecution’s application to remand Mr Nair for one more week for further investigations on the current charge and “other potential charges”. The case will be mentioned next Monday.2.HE IS JUST TOO STUPID AND OVER--ESTIMATE
HIS US CITIZENSHIP
he wrote in below:(dunt sue me,these words are not defamatory)
FYI,SG police press release of his arrest timed 11.30pm Saturday.
i dunt know if SG official will bear his one blog.
But i think they cant bear 2 blogs.
AG and SG and other officials wil face music if they receive the mails
personally and they dunt look into it.
They can just pretend not aware of his blogs if no mail sent to them.
Did he think SG dare not take action against him in SG soil
just because he is a Yankee?
Did he think SG just send him Writ of Summon after he reachs US?
In his 2 blogs,he just challenged Lees to sue him,
but not arrest him.May be he think he is UN--TOUCHABLE!!
May be he just expect to receive Writ of Summon,but never think
of receiving handcuffs!!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Lee Kuan Yew: If bloggers who defame me identify themselves, I will sue them!
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am Gopalan Nair. Today is May 31, 2008 at 10.40am Singapore time. I am at present in Singapore at Broadway Hotel, Room 708, 195 Serangoon Road, Singapore, 218067. The hotel telephone number is is 62924661. My local SingTel telephone number is 83764236. -
...up to one year jail for saying a judge is prostituting herself to the father and son... hahaha this kind of society... where the powerful will pass any dishonorable laws and take any dishonorable actions to stay in power... hahaha... another black mark on their dishonorable faces.... luckily there are martyrs to expose them to the whole world...
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3.The more i read his blogs,the more I am worry
G Nair will stay in SG for quite some times
take this blog as example.what did he hint?
some unspoken relationships between two?
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/05/singapore-professor-and-very-bright.html
From the article, one thing is certain. This young man's entry into politics, his joining a law firm, his being given law cases and ultimately being appointed Minister for Law has all been orchestrated and arranged by Professor Jayakumar the immediate past Minister for Law, both Tamil Indians by the way.
''The love story starts more than 2 decades ago when a young man walked into Professor Jayakumar's constitutional law class at National University of Singapore when the Professor immediately noticed; or rather fell in love with the said young man. Nothing short of love at first sight.
The article claims that as soon as the said young man, the present Minister for Law walked into his constitutional law class, the Professor immediately knew that that this was the man, or the chosen one.
There was an unmistakable chemistry in the air. Had the young man been a woman instead, it looks as if Jayakumar, the Professor would have dropped everything and proposed on the spot!...Coming back to the intimate private tryst between the lovers Jayakumar and S Shanmugam, in their meeting of love, it appears that the young man was wearing a hat and there was a ring in the private room and when he was thus provoked with the question of politics, this boy Shanmugam forthwith took off his hat and gallantly threw it into the ring aforementioned. Why he did what he did and did it mean anything, that is throwing his hat into the ring, is a puzzle we will never know!''end of quote.
4.Who is dog,a mad dog?
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Mr. K Shanmugam, new Minister for Law. What a miserable life.
''His main qualification from the beginning is complete loyalty to one man, Lee Kuan Yew. Meaning exactly that. A complete and utter subservience to him. And the willingness to carry out his any command, just as a dog will faithfully carry out his master's orders.''
Despite all the worldly pleasures, it can only be said that Mr. K Shanmugam lives a miserable life. He is not a free man. He is on Lee Kuan Yew's short leash. Dr. Chee Soon Juan on the other hand, is a giant, lives as a free and happy man; a man respected not only by Singaporeans but by politicians and people all over the world.
And during all these years as Member of Parliament, no Singaporeans has any respect for him. None at all. Indeed they don’t even care who or what he is. He merely goes about doing his job. His job includes sitting at resident committee meetings and the monthly meet the people sessions, which he does mechanically.
My question is how Indian feels if he or she labelled as a dog?
This show Nair forgot MPS is weekly event.so u know why he lost
in 2 election.He dunt know the committement of being an MP>
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Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:
...up to one year jail for saying a judge is prostituting herself to the father and son... hahaha this kind of society... where the powerful will pass any dishonorable laws and take any dishonorable actions to stay in power... hahaha... another black mark on their dishonorable faces.... luckily there are martyrs to expose them to the whole world...
Are you plain stupid or wilfully malicious? up to one year - you yourself wrote it, don't you understand what it means, or do i need to send you back to primary one? ? Do you know that if i say you are prostituting yourself to your boss, you would have punch me if it was not true, let alone be able to sue me in court if you can keep cool enough? These laws apply to all, unless you are claiming all citizens are dishonourable.Are you?Martyrs? or malicious dumbos? Who are they offering you? No taxes, no erp, free mrt ride, free oil, free rice, more roads, cheap houses, best education in the world?
Get a grip, will yer?
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5. Too graphic words from a US lawyers
THe more i read Gopalan Nair's blogs,the more i respect CSJ lah.
I dunt know if DPP and court can sue him on the old blogs,
which were initated in US.
Firstly,is it under SG jurisdation when the blogs were made in US?
Secondly,are the blogs defamatory?
If anyone even for a moment thinks that those who have achieved success through grovelling at the feet of Lee Kuan Yew are happy, is entirely mistaken. Take Lee Kuan Yew's chosen lawyers like the Sikh who is used to do his dirty work in suing Dr. Chee for defamation and the recently appointed Tamil lawyer as Minster for Law. I have no doubt that they live the most miserable lives imaginable. Both they and Lee Kuan Yew know each minute of the day as to what the arrangement between them is.
The Sikh must be prepared at any moment to carry out any dishonest work that is demanded of him, such as suing innocent people to please Lee Kuan Yew. As for the Tamil Minister, he must be prepared to pass as many unjust laws as demanded by his master Lee Kuan Yew. These are not free men. They are castrated eunuchs who willingly wait each day at Lee's court to do his dirty work. It is a disgusting life. Even if one is paid very well, this is not a job that any self respecting man or woman would want. -
is it true u can migrate to US and mass one to 2 million in your life ?
Our lawyer/blogger quoted said so.
Exclusive Interview with Gopalan Nair in California
Published Monday, June 02, 2008 by Singapore Election |
Listen to this article
It was a cold morning. The whole San Francisco bay area was covered by dense fog, like a pall of gloom, as I was driving along the highway from San Jose to Fremont. Surprisingly the traffic was not as bad as what Shitty Times would like me to believe back home, even during such severe weather condition. Visibility was only less than 100 metres at times, but most American drivers were pretty patient and cutting lanes by signalling seemed to "work" in this part of the world. My mission was to pay homage to an old freedom fighter, Gopalan Nair, who had been persecuted and fined by the PAP system in the early 90s for saying the "wrong" thing. We connected before embarking on this USA trip and were given detailed directions on how to reach his office in Fremont.
The sky started to clear when I reached the destination. There was a nice public park right across this 2 storey office building in surburb settings. Greeneries, mountains and open space, all luxuries in our homeland, but seemed abundant in this part of California.
I was 10 minutes early and Mr Nair was meeting a client in his office at that time. I looked around and had this strange feeling that I was transformed back home. The settings and office layout were so similar to those lawyers' offices in Singapore.
"You must be X," an old fatherly voice exclaimed from the background.
"Welcome to my humble office!" This 170cm, well built gentlemen in dark suit came forward to shake my hand and this was followed by an exchange of greetings. I was even more surprised to hear from someone who had been living in USA for the past 10 yrs to use typical Spore style ice-breakers like "I grew up in Somerset Rd Indian corners where the PUB building stands now" and "Tell me where you live in S'pore, X", etc. This place was certainly more like home than any yankee office.
So this set the tone for our two-hour conversation that morning. Among which were issues he raised during his campaign period in the 88 and
91 elections and the events following the court cases afterwards.
"It was a tough battle, not during elections, but the days after that," said this old fighter who spoke with a commanding voice. He related with disappointment on how his friends deserted him, his law business in S'pore suffered and his dignity's being diminished.
"You know what? I'm lucky," he said. "I have a very supportive wife!"
He recalled on how his family had to depend on his wife to bring food on the table during his days of selling Worker's Party's "Hammers" on the street to spread the words of democracy more than 10 yrs ago.
Without his wife's support, Nair said he would not have the stamina to continue his fight after the loss in 88 election.
But during the height of the 91 election, Nair mentioned his dissatisfaction of the lack of independence of the judicary system in S'pore during an election rally. The PAP government took offence on this remark and fined him $8000 for contempt and struck off his roll.
"I have only two choices at that time," sighed the old fighter who had
3 young toddlers at that time, "Either kow tow to PAP or find another place to make a living."
"The PAP wanted to cripple me, just like what they had done to my hero JBJ," Nair said angrily. "But I'm determined not to let they enjoy seeing me & my family suffered." Armed with a law degree, Nair knew that he was in a much better position than many of his comardes at that time to find greener pesture outside S'pore.
"I sold off everything and with $25,000, we came here, California," he tapped on his 2 metres long teak wood office desk. I then asked about why he chose America, instead of more popular Singaporean favourites like Australia, UK or New Zealand.
"Each place has its merits, but I believe California is a place where for most people, a dream would come true if you are willing to work hard, regardless of your background," said this lawyer. "But let me warn you... this is also a very cruel place where only the fittest survives."
This was followed by sharing of his experiences when he first stepped foot on this "Land of Opportunities", initial hiccups and how he slowly built up his business and eventually established himself in the local immigrant communities.
"You see those Vietnamese, Mexicans, Indians, Pakistanis, Chinese, Russians etc... Everywhere!" he pointed out from his office windows, which had a nice paranomic view of the neighbourhood. "And you know, most of them can't even speak good English and for many, none at all!"
"If that Vietnamese can own a petrol station right across the street,"
he said. "what is the problem of S'poreans who had such a good headstart and strong foundation in terms of English education?"(lion note:thanks to SG education lah.)
He leant forward, pointing to his head slowly,"It's here! Creative and independent thinking!"
Sensing that the California sunshine had cleared the morning dense fog and the sun was once again embracing the land, we decided to take a walk outside.
"I practically live in this office," Nair laughed. I was then being told that he had devoted most of his time in his work and once he had holidays, he would fly back to S'pore to see his family and old friends.
"I don't understand those S'poreans here, why subject yourselves to being monitored by PAP by joining those S'porean clubs in USA," he remarked. "You can always spend US$600 to go home as & when you have time to eat your laksa and char kway teow," and he recalled an interesting encounter days ago on a heated exchange with the S'pore Consul General in San Francisco in one of those S'porean functions.
"Jai is a big disappointment," he shoke his head. "A shame for the PAP government to have such a representative in this land." Nair recalled how Jai-sohan, the Consul-General, took on him in a public debate because he raised an issue about overcoming that bad image of S'pore during the meeting.
According to Nair, Jai-sohan challenged him to talk about human rights issues of S'pore infront of many S'porean expatriates and Americans, probably thinking that Nair was just another overseas S'porean who cared nothing much about the political scene back home. That was a wrong move and as soon as Jai sensed his foolishness, he quickly wanted to call an end of the debate & even claimed that Dr Chee Soon Juan "deserved all these" because "he broke the law" by asking that kind of question during election. It was a clear indication of the presence of PAP affiliation with such sensitive topics being discussed in PAP lingo at such event.
Noting that many Spore government missions of "persuading overseas S'poreans to return home" had been closed down recently, Nair pointed out that Sporean folks who wanted to escape that political stiffening place would never want to be subjected to another PAP brainwashing or organisation again. "Having people like Jai-sohan to do MARKETING is certainly a big turn off for many."
As we walked, Nair recounted his happy days of being a Worker's Party's member and the days of having the company of his old comrades.
He never failed to express his outmost respect for JBJ and great respect for LTK at every chance.
"Ben is a gentleman," sighed Nair. "He played by the dirty rules set out by PAP and I'm sure history would be kind to him."
Asked about if he still kept in contact with the present WP's leadership, Nair shook his head. "Many of those old guards are no more there, many many unsung heores like that bike shop owner in Toa Payoh and those ex-Barisan guys. They put their hearts and souls for the country. I respect them."
As for other oppositions, Nair seemed not to have much knowledge excpet CSJ.
"I went to CSJ's court hearings, you know?" he clunched his fist while we were walking along the busy street. "It's a total sham. How can the judge do such things to a guy who is not trained in law at all?"
We came to a restaurant in a Mall and Nair was stopped by one of his clients whose kid had run into legal problem. I excused myself and saw from a distance his client's eyes filled with tears while he's holding Nair's hands.
"You see, it's all about long term relationship and trust," said Nair as we sat down in a restaurant. "People know you can do the job and what is more satisfying than helping others while earning a living of being a lawyer at the same time?"
We had a decent lunch and as we ate, Nair never stopped asking about the current political and social situation in S'pore. He had a strong interest of his motherland and he also shared with me his impression on S'pore from afar.
Asked about what he felt about the future of S'pore. "S'poreans are going to be extinct," he sighed. "Somewhat like some middle east countries where only 10% of the populations are locals while 90% are made up with foreigners who are there to make a living."
Unfortunately, not many S'poreans can live like those oil shieks in the middle east.
"If you are not connected," said Nair, "Don't expect to live like what a normal American does." Nair pointed out that despite all odds against new immigrants, USA still attracted all the talents in the world while not many real talents wanted to take root in S'pore. "If these foreign talents see how S'pore government treat their own citizens, would they want to subject themselves and their children to the same?"
Nair further illustrated that point on how his clients, who were immigrants, had no problem amassing US$1-2 million in their working lifetime and will eventually retire happily in Asia, while many of S'pore lawyer friends were still barely surviving under the PAP system.
At the end of the two-hour session, I was able to get an insight into the man's political reasoning behind some of the current issues and understanding his post election endeavours from a veteran's viewpoint, something which Shitty Times can never provide.
Nair had been in USA for over ten years now. He remained a cheerful person full of humour at mid-50s. But somehow the sadness of not being able to fight for the underdogs back at home and lines of weariness from years of hardwork were beginning to show in his face.
Does it also mean that fighting against PAP is a deadend unless one is willing to play some nice guy opposition character in local politics?
But the saddest part is that the whole political process has resulted many ordinary "unconnected" Singaporeans only making a decent living outside his motherland. No one should be deprived of chances to develop his fullest potential at own country. Not if the PM says that every Singaporean matters.http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/2008/06/exclusive-interview-with-gopalan-nair.html -
Originally posted by HyperFocal:
source: http://aussgworldpolitics.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/did-goplan-nair-threaten-belinda-ang/
Did Goplan Nair threaten Belinda Ang?
Posted by Charles on June 1, 2008According to Channel News Asia, the Singapore police has recently arrested a former Singaporean for sending ‘insulting statements to a public servant’ to the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. The allegedly offensive statement has also been posted on his blog (Channel News Asia, 2008).
A quick search online in Singapore Statutes throw up one possible offense that the police might prosecute him under - The Penal Code, Chapter 10 - Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants - Section 189, ‘Threat of injury to a public servant’ which states that:
Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any public servant, or to any person in whom he believes that public servant to be interested, for the purpose of inducing that public servant to do any act, or to forbear or delay to do any act, connected with the exercise of the public functions of such public servant, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both (Singapore Statutes, n.d.).
In his latest post, ‘Singapore. Judge Belinda Ang’s Kangaroo Court’, Nair claims that the court has been misappropriated for political means (Nair 2008). However, any references to the judge, Belinda Ang, cannot be deemed as threatening to the public servant. For the purpose of a closer examination, we have reproduced any references to Belinda Ang which was found in his blog posting:
1. ‘your stooge of a judge, Belinda Ang’;
2. ‘The judge Belinda Ang was throughout prostituting herself during the entire proceedings, by being nothing more than an employee of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his son and carrying out their orders’;
3. ‘right out of the pages of Alice in Wonderland with Belinda Ang playing the role of the Queen of Hearts before the trial of the Mouse who stole the Tarts very well indeed’;
4. numerous references to her as the ‘kangaroo judge’;
5. ‘and the judge obediently sustained the objection’;
6. ‘ Of course the judge permitted these insults, since after all Lee Kuan Yew and his son owned the courts and the judge as well’;While it is true that in his posting, he accuses the court and the judge of political persecution, sometimes using language that might be deemed as offensive, there was no hint or openly declared threat to cause any injury to the public servant. This is a clear distinction that one should keep in mind.
While it is true that he had openly declared his address, name and laid down a challenge for the Senior Minister to serve him with a writ of summons, there are still no plausible grounds for the arrests.
Given that the Singapore law society has recently announced its intentions to lobby for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to be incorporated into the law books, it should seek to represent Mr Nair if the police decides to press ahead with charges. There is no time to be lost given the authorities have said they will put him on trial by Monday.
http://www.agc.gov.sg/
online statues
Now i know defamation can be a criminal case.
if u want bankrupt some body,sue him in civil suit.
if u want him go to jail,sue him under this act.
PENAL CODE
(CHAPTER 224)
CHAPTER XXI
DEFAMATION
Defamation.
499. Whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs, or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person, intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said, except in the cases hereinafter excepted, to defame that person...............
Punishment for defamation.
500. Whoever defames another shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.2.Why did CSJ want to cover that background of G Nair?
If u read SDP site http://www.yoursdp.org/,
,u would think Nair just another ordinary blogger.
u may think he just expressed his views IMPLUSIVELY after attending
3 days trial.He knows nothing about laws.
A>Do u know in his 18 months old blog
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/ (the name is very combatant),
he posted 318 blogs.My random check find out 99.9999%
are anti--SG(gavaman,Lees,New minister in Law,DPM,),
critizing Workers Party(he was WP candidate!!)
In short,SG is rubbish.
B.CSJ wanted to cover up from his western frens that this poor
blogger was a lawyer in SG for 10 years,before he migrated
to Calif and became a immgration lawyer since 1990's.
He has been lawyers for 25 years.
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I repeat the threat that Lee Kuan Yew had made on day two of the show trial during the last 3 days in the High Court. When asked by Dr. Chee whether he will sue those who write on the Internet defamations against him, I mean defamations in the Singaporean sense, his definitive unequivocal answer was that he will sue them. There is no doubt in the Singaporean sense, I have defamed him and his Prime Minister son, not only in my last blog post but in almost all my blog posts since my blog's inception in December 2006.
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 30, 2008
Lee Kuan Yew: If bloggers who defame me identify themselves, I will sue them!
''not only in my last blog post but in almost all my blog posts since my blog's inception in December 2006.''
He really did it!Read to believe,lah!
1.when a brave man walks into the jungle,looking for a tiger,
teases the tiger and puts his head into the tiger's head,
what do think the consequence?So,what can we do to save him?
He posted this blog at 10.40 am and was arrested by Police
at 9pm the same day.
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i am a layman of laws.I think u need few factors esbalished
before u can deal with a unfavourable element.
Jurisdiction
A>Blogs sent in SG
1.The allegations is within SG jurisdiction.Nair ,a
SG lawyer for 10 years and US lawyer
for 15 years,he should know better than most of us here when he
sent 2 blogs in web site said it is within SG jurisdictions
and challenged Lees to take actions.
He asked therefore he was now granted his wish!
B>Blogs sent outside SG
2.I dunt know much about cyberway laws.There is likely
also within SG jurisdictions.
Because
PENAL CODE
(CHAPTER 224)
says:
- ''Punishment of offences committed beyond,
but which by law may be tried within Singapore.
3. Any person liable by law to be tried for an offence committed beyond the limits of Singapore, shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Code for any act committed beyond Singapore, in the same manner as if such act had been committed within Singapore.'' -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
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http://www.agc.gov.sg/
online statues
Now i know defamation can be a criminal case.
if u want bankrupt some body,sue him in civil suit.
if u want him go to jail,sue him under this act.
PENAL CODE
(CHAPTER 224)
CHAPTER XXI
DEFAMATION
2.Why did CSJ want to cover that background of G Nair?
If u read SDP site http://www.yoursdp.org/,
,u would think Nair just another ordinary blogger.
u may think he just expressed his views IMPLUSIVELY after attending
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A>Do u know in his 18 months old blog
http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/ (the name is very combatant),
he posted 318 blogs.My random check find out 99.9999%
are anti--SG(gavaman,Lees,New minister in Law,DPM,),
critizing Workers Party(he was WP candidate!!)
In short,SG is rubbish.
B.CSJ wanted to cover up from his western frens that this poor
blogger was a lawyer in SG for 10 years,before he migrated
to Calif and became a immgration lawyer since 1990's.
He has been lawyers for 25 years.
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dude ,but defamation is like spread rumour of someone,if u only say f-word to someone ,this cannot really be accused of defamation ,right? -
If offences can be proved
3.He admitted almost of all his blogs since Dec 2006 are defaming Lees!
I repeat the threat that Lee Kuan Yew had made on day two of the show trial during the last 3 days in the High Court. When asked by Dr. Chee whether he will sue those who write on the Internet defamations against him, I mean defamations in the Singaporean sense, his definitive unequivocal answer was that he will sue them. There is no doubt in the Singaporean sense, I have defamed him and his Prime Minister son, not only in my last blog post but in almost all my blog posts since my blog's inception in December 2006.
If this learned lawyer says so,what can we say?
Pl note that he admitted all these NOT under any duress,
though just short of caution by Police,like before taking statement!!
Answer:Offences 100 % established for 2 blogs sent in SG and outside SG,
unless he proves otherwise.
Anyone purse the matters
4.Currently,the answer is yes.The form is Police.
Summary
5.The offences have been proved(self admission without duress)
, are within SG jurisdictions and prosecuted by Police.
I am pity for him:
''Judge Miranda Yeo acceded to the prosecution’s application to remand Mr Nair for one more week for further investigations on the current charge and “other potential charges”..
The case will be mentioned next Monday.''--TODAY ONLINE quoted above
