Yee Jenn Jong is upset with transparency for Workers' Party

The double standard is very pronounced.

WP calls for freedom of information and transparency and accountability but don't want these for themselves.

Isn't it precisely because Parliament does not sit until next year that the report of a matter as important as this should be posted on Parliament website? This is especially so when WP had given their side of the story at their press conference.

Where exactly does Yee Jenn Jong stand on this matter of integrity, seeing that he is so busy defending the leadership?

Indeed, what is the position of the other leaders in the party, the elected MPs in particular, now that all knew that their top leadership sat in Parliament with full knowledge of the lie and did nothing about it?

Do they agree with the actions of their leader which can be seen to be complicit in Raeesah's lies?

We have no intention of legalising drugs. We must decide what works for Singapore, and not just follow what others are doing.

We cannot afford to be complacent. We know from our experience that once a society becomes hooked on drugs, it takes huge effort and a long time to wean off the addiction.

We will face challenges in future because first, the trend in many countries is to legalise drugs, in particular cannabis, for recreational use. Many of these countries have been unable to control their domestic drug situation and have decided to legalise drugs, in a bid to regain some control over the situation. Some countries have also lured been by the economic benefits of regulating the recreational use of drugs.

Whatever the motivation, these countries have advocated for a harm-reduction approach, which encourages “safer” use of drugs.

But this can easily go awry, despite their best intentions.

Singapore has our own case study. In 2002, Subutex was introduced as a legal prescription for treating opioid addiction. But some people started abusing Subutex as an alternative to heroin, injecting themselves to get a “high”. Within a few years, the number of Subutex abusers and Subutex-associated deaths increased significantly. At the same time, Subutex abusers were discarding their needles in public areas. Young children and the elderly were at risk of getting hurt from the needles, or worse, contracting some disease. We decided to put a stop to this. In 2006, Singapore listed Subutex as a controlled drug, and CNB mounted swift operations to wipe out Subutex from our streets.

We learnt a painful lesson from Subutex. We are under increasing pressure, both externally and internally, for us to consider legalising drugs. But we have no intention of doing so. We must decide what works for Singapore, and not just follow what others are doing.

Second, our youths today are frequently exposed to alternative lifestyles on social media. Drug use may be glamourised, giving the impression that using drugs is harmless, or even cool. Based on annual surveys conducted by the National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA), the attitudes of youths towards drugs are gradually becoming more liberal. This is a very worrying trend. We must push hard against it, to prevent our children and grandchildren from becoming the next generations of drug abusers.

CNB therefore needs to strengthen our national drug education efforts. Continue to find new ways to reach out and engage the population.

But the rest of us have a part to play too; to correct misinformation about drugs, to speak up against drug abuse within our social circles, to say “no” to drugs.

Collectively as a nation, we must continue to understand, believe in, and support Singapore’s zero-tolerance approach towards drugs.

- Excerpt of speech by PM Lee at CNB's 50 Anniversary

Yaw Shin Leong is sticking to his assertion that he was advised to stay silent

 

Yaw Shin Leong is sticking to his assertion that he was advised to stay silent.

"Whoever involved would know what happened. After staying silent for the past 10 years, I am not resurfacing this for any reason other than to put on record that accountability was done."

That's his response to WP's statement denying that they advised him to stay silent.

Yaw Shin Leong said he was advised by Low Thia Khiang and Sylvia Lim to stay silent.

If you keep covering up, the past will soon catch up with you.

Yaw Shin Leong (also known as Amos Rao) wrote:

Moments ago, an ex-WP cadre pointed to me the video recordings of Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh’s press conference held on Dec 2, 2021. At the 9.35 mark, Pritam commented that:

‘Yaw Shin Leong did not account himself to the party after the allegations were made. I think he did not address the media, did not address the party. The party was willing to give him some space to get himself organized, but this just went on and it went on, to a point where it was unreasonable conduct and this was not acceptable. And so, the party took the decision to fire him, to sack him.”

The above is not true. Even before the allegations have surfaced, I accounted the situation candidly to WP Secretary General LTK. When the allegations surfaced, I immediately accounted to both WP Secretary General LTK and Chairman Sylvia Lim. And I was advised to stay silent.

I placed party first before self and to minimize the fallout, I kept silent and resigned from WP CEC. My intention was to give WP CEC a blank cheque to paint the narrative required. To facilitate the process, I travelled out of Singapore voluntarily.

On 14th Feb 2012, I was expelled from WP for 'breaking the faith, trust & expectations of the party and people'. I am okay with this narrative, but I am not okay with what Pritam said, for I did account myself.

I am not entertaining any media queries and will leave the above as it is.

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First Raeesah Khan, then Workers' Party lied to the whole nation

First Raeesah lied to the entire nation.

Then the WP Leadership also told 'untruths' to the entire nation to cover up their role in the persistence of the lies.

They had told Raeesah to continue with the narrative she had given to Parliament and that if Ms Khan and WP can get away with it, there was no need to clarify the lie. She was asked to 'take the information to the grave'.

One lie after another.