Political Issues - What happened to Tang Liang Hong
Nomen Nescio
From: JORNADASG 13-Nov 18:01
To: PINKIESLUT 2 of 40
22952.2 in reply to 22952.1
He is still separated from his family. His wife's passport has been
impounded by the Sg govt and is thus unable to reunite her husband.
That's what happens to politicians who dare to go against LKY.
This despite being accused and labelled as a "Chinese chauvinist" even
with the fact that TLH was never proven to be one.
In Sg, don't ever hope to escape unscathed if you ever cross swords
with the Father, the Son and the Holy Goh.
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From: JORNADASG 13-Nov 18:27
To: PINKIESLUT 4 of 40
22952.4 in reply to 22952.3
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~tangtalk/legalter.html
"On 27 January 1998, the PAP Government demonstrated its prowess in
its attack against its opposition. On that evening, my wife together
with my daughter intended to pay a visit to my personal good friend,
Mr. Abdul Razak Ahmad at his home in Johor Bahru during Ramadan
fasting month. They were stopped at the Singapore exit point at the
causeway by immigration officers who disallowed them to leave
Singapore. They searched my wife’s handbag and confiscated her
passport."
http://www.hps.com/~tpg/singapore/vol30.html
"One day after the elections (January 3), Tang who lost by a slim
margin, fled Singapore alleging he had received death threats. Within
a month Tang's wife had her passport seized and she was served with an
injunction freezing their combined assets and adding her in the
defamation suits. Tax agents arrived to seize their papers.
Justice is swift here in Singapore. In the US the lawyers would still
be adding staff two years later to gear up for something like this.
Not so in S'pore. On March 10, about 70 days later, Lee and his
colleagues obtained judgments against the Tang's in the 12 suits
estimated at S$12 million in damages, excluding costs.
Two high court judges sat in succession to determine the matter --
Justice Lai from 2.30 pm until 8 pm on Tang's application to recuse
himself, immediately after which the case was assigned to Justice Goh
Joon Seng, who sat till well past 9 pm, struck out all Tang's
defenses, and awarded judgments to Lee and his colleagues.
The Tang's property was sold immediately, apparently at bargain
basement prices. Among the buyers of Tang's Hotel Properties Ltd's
(HPL) luxury properties included one of the judges involved and family
members of Lee Kuan Yew. In May 1997, warrants were issued for Tang’s
arrest on 33 counts of tax evasion.
From: OPINION007 09:01
To: PINKIESLUT unread 40 of 40
22952.40 in reply to 22952.1
Found the following record from Dr Chee's book "To Be Free" which I've
borrowed from a fren which might interest some of you............
Interesting stuff indeed. I think Tang had promised the crowd at Cheng
San to re-open the HPL case should he be voted into Parliament.
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As an opposition candidate, Tang Liang Hong had electrified crowds at
his rallies with folksy barbs shot staight at the PAP. They caused
stir and not a little political mirth.........
When he arrived, he was accompanied by two Malay men. They were
employees in his law firm, now doubling up as body guards. After the
formalities, we sat down and recounted events............ We parted
after an unanimated discussion, agreeing to meet again in a few days.
It turned out to be the last we saw of each other in Singapore.
"Drop me off at home and you guys can take the car with you," Tang
said to his escorts. " We'll meet later." It was way past midnight.
Barely hours after the votes had been counted, the changing was over
and the excitement dissipated. Everyone was asleep. That's when the
PAP strikes.
As his car turned into Hua Guan Avenue where he lived, Tang noticed
that Azmi (not his real name), who was driving, was becoming
increasingly agitated : "Mr Tang, there are a few cars following us."
Tang turned around. Azmi was right, there were three or four cars
trailing them. When his car approached his residence, he told Azmi to
drive on: "Turn into one of these lanes." The cars followed.
"Where do we go now, Mr Tang?" Azmi asked.
"I don't know, just drive on, I'll think of something," Tang replied,
not sounding very convincing.
"Why don't we go to the police?" Mohammed asked. The two stared at him
incredulously.
"You bodoh (stupid) or what ? They are the police !" Azmi shot back.
"Why don't we drive to my place in Woodlands," the driver continued.
"May be we can shake them off along the way."
As they drove for the next hour, the cars kept up.
"We can't drive on like this." Tang said. " See if you can duck into a
small lane. Then slow down and I'll jump off."
They had driven back into downtown Singapore. Azmi turned into a
narrow road not far from the grand old Raffles Hotel. Tang jumped out
and the car drove away.
He ran towards a cluster of old shophouses, taking gigantic gulps of
air. His 61 years were catching up with him. He turned to see if
anyone was chasing him - no one, the cars hadn't noticed the evasion.
It was still dark and Tang slowly made his way to the Mandarin Hotel
where he sat in the lobby until daylight.
When morning came, Tang called his family and arranged to meet his
wife and daughters. When they got together, his daughter showed him
letters which they had received over the last few days. "Death
Sentence. God's Will, " one said. Another less cryptic one read" "We
know where you work, we know how to deal with #### like you,"
threatening a third. "May you be damned until your dying days, which
shall not be far off, " screamed another.
He knew it was time to leave the country. That afternoon, Tang escaped
to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Some things in Singapore never changed
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a liberal
that his wife cannot even leave the country to see him. Even back in the
Cold Wars. the Soviets will relent and allow family members of defectors
to leave the Soviet Union. And TLH is not even a defector...
blackgold
with TLH then revenge should not be exacted on the wife or children.
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Kitty Chew
Look at Anwar Ibrahim? Look at Al Gore?
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They are vested with the power to rule over simpletons like you.
They are legally voted into Pariah-ment by idiots like you.
They are the kings. They are living in an ivory tower and you people live in
HDB pigeon holes. What can you do about it?