Open letter to all Malaysian and Singapore students

Many of you are worried about the political climate in Malaysia and Singapore, afraid for the safety of friends and relations whom the government may see as political opponents, perhaps afraid of what may happen to you when you return.

Amnesty International is a non-political organisation concerned about political persecution wherever it occurs. Among the three thousand prisoners of conscience through out the world we are working for at present are several in Malaysia and Singapore.

You can help us and we can help you. We need facts, names, dates, etc to act effectively. Some of you have friends and relations who need our support now, some of you will soon need it yourselves. We would also like to start a register, strictly confidential and for our own use only, of those whom we may soon be considering adopting as prisoners of conscience; forewarned is forearmed.

If you are a member of MSA or MSSA please urge them to open up close links with Amnesty International through the NZ section and to cooperate fully on matters of mutual concern.

As an individual, if you have any information about political prisoners in Malaysia or Singapore, or if you fear you may soon become one yourself, please contact us in strictest confidence. That's what we exist for.