MSSA Statement

'The recent kangaroo-court trial of student leader Tan Wah Piow in Singapore is a reflection of the repressiveness of the police-state of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew' G. Nathan, vice-President of the Wellington Malaysia-Singapore Students Association said to Salient.

'The MSSA condemns the trial as a violation of basic human rights and as a reflection of the Prime Minister's desire to mould Singaporean society into a smoothly functioning, highly profitable economic unit', said Mr Nathan.

The fate of those who have spoken out against the government's policies has been the same - denial of democratic rights, and unspecified terms of imprisonment in detention camps,' he said.

The MSSA expresses it support and sympathy for those who have been brave enough to express opposition to the Prime Minister's repressive policies, and it condemns the gangsterism behind the apparent respectability of this 'Guest of Honour.'