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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by the Bear @ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:37:20 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;you go to a country, you abide by their laws..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;simple as that...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;now.. STFU Gopalan..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;your American Passport doesn't mean shit...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:37:20 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:24:37 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;h3 class=""&gt;July 4th, Singapore. Independance Day&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ladies and Gentlemen,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Not satisfied with having arrested me for just writing a blog in
criticism of the Judge Belinda Ang in the Lee Kuan Yew vs. Dr. Chee
Soon Juan case respecting her bias during the 3 days May 26 2008 to
May 28 2008, now the Singapore Police have resorted to beating me
up.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I suppose they are not satisfied with the fact that I have not
relented and withdrawn my accusation that this Judge was clearly
biased during the trial to favor Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and his son. But
no matter what, the fact remains what it is. No amount of police
brutality against me can change the facts. Neither can it make me
say that 2 and 2 is 5, simply because it is not.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Judge Belinda Ang was biased. There is no doubt about it. She
behaved that way for all to see. If no Singaporean mentioned it, it
was because they are afraid. They live in a police state. They live
in fear and in subjugation. I do not live that way. I am a free
man. And I will say what I saw.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Singapore continues to claim that it is a first world country,
after this, that statement is only useful during a round of beer at
a lively party. After this Singapore is no better useful than for
the butt of a solid joke.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On July 4th, 2008, Independence Day, at about 11 pm, I was passing
by Race Course Road Little India. I earlier had a small Scotch in
celebration. And why not, it was after all the 4th of July, 2008,
even if I was in Singapore. Just before reaching the junction of
Bukit Timah Road, I hear loud calls asking me to stop. Looking
back, I see about 4 people in civilian clothes. They confront me
and ask who I was. And where I was going. Surely I have no reason
to give any information. They appeared no better than thugs.
Gangsters. I refused to give my name. Or any information.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The next minute, these cowardly unruly ill mannered ungentlemanly
and gangster like persons in plain clothes, force me down to the
floor. They man handle me. They hurt me. They shove my fact to the
hard tarmac floor. They use their boots to kick me while I am in
the floor. A Malay officer is especially brutal. He hurts me badly.
They abuse me by calling me bastard and other dirty names. They
intentionally cause sever pain and hurt me. And all for what? Just
because I did not oblige them with my name? In the physical
encounter, with about 10 policemen in plainclothes overcoming me,
they have obviously won the physical fight. But in the moral
question, they have failed miserably. They were thugs. Singapore
government thugs. Lee Kuan Yew thugs. Another example of Lee's
first world country.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The newspapers all owned by Lee Kuan Yew and his government can of
course conveniently say anything they want about the incident. What
else do you expect of a state controlled monopoly of news media? I
have been falsely accused of touching the police car, and shouting
abuses at the police. None of that ever happened. I was walking
peacefully along the street, when these state sponsored thugs in
civilian clothes ask me to stop etc.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is what I am going to tell the Singapore government. I,
Gopalan Nair am deliberately being singled out for victimization.
We all know that on that day, Friday July 4th 2008 at 11 pm at
night, there would have been hundreds if not thousands of
Singaporean who may have a little to drink who may have behaved not
necessarily as a proper English gentlemen, so to speak. I am sure
there have been countless arrests. But you know, none of them would
have made the headlines in the Singapore press. They would all have
been given warnings and let off.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But surely in the eyes of this pathetic Singapore government who
are at the butt end of jokes all over the free world, Gopalan Nair
has to be singled out. Gopalan Nair had to be punished. A mountain
has to made out of a molehill. His name has to be splashed all over
the Singapore propaganda press. He has to be made to look like a
real criminal, just because he did not have the decency to respond
to some thug looking characters who wanted to know who he
was.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Any way, the answer is not guilty once again. We have no free press
here. All I can do is to use this blog of mine to tell my side of
the story which I will continue to do. The Singapore dictator
cannot intimidate me. I will not allow it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And mind you, the entire action against me makes no sense. If the
intent is to shut me up and keep me quite, it will not work. I will
return to California and write and agitate with increased vigor the
fact of the of the lack of any freedom in this island
republic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I understand the Far Eastern Economic Review is being sued. But
unlike the Far Eastern Economic Review who can be prevented from
circulating within Singapore, my blog cannot be stopped. No matter
what my message will be coming through with heightened intensity to
Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And what is worse, I had been just another blogger before my arrest
on May 31, 2008. With my arrest by this government, I have been
propelled into international fame, where now I will be taken much
more seriously internationally than if I had been left alone for my
blog post of May 29, 2008, the blog post which has made me
internationally famous.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am grateful to the US Embassy and the US State Department which
is monitoring my case at the highest levels in Washington. I know
that I have the US Government behind me in all this. I know I am
not alone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also know that I have the entire free world who cherish their
freedom behind me in this. Truly I am not alone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I wish to thank those supporters out there particularly for their
financial support. I was at Block 292 Bishan, at 9 am, yesterday,
Sunday, with the Singapore Democratic Party helping them with
distributing their leaflets and selling their books and literature
to the public. At the location, I am particularly grateful to a
supporter who handed me a very generous donation to help me sustain
myself in Singapore during this ordeal. Not only to this supporter
but to the countless other supporters who have given me both
financial and moral support, I wish to say a heartfelt thank you
for your kindness.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As you know, I have no choice in this matter. It is not possible
for me to apologize to this Singapore government or to anyone else
to seek mercy. I continue to stand by what I had said in my blog
namely that Judge Belinda Ang was not a judge at all during the 3
days while she sat in judgment in the Lee Kuan Yew vs. Dr. Chee
case. I would of course gladly apologize for the choice of words
used, but the essence of the meaning of what I said remains intact
and correct, for which I cannot apologize.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am sorry that I was not able to be at Parliament House for my
protest to demand that this government either give me a speedy
trial or let me go home. I will have to see the outcome of the Pre
Trial Conference tomorrow before I make a decision. Also there is
the matter of the investigation against me for the alleged
disorderly behavior.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All in all I intend to hang in there and not give up. Every
political action has a price. In this case, I am lucky I am an
American citizen. At least this dictatorial Lee Kuan Yew regime
cannot have a hold on me forever, unlike the plight of my fellow
Singaporeans who remain citizens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
They on the other hand they cannot escape the Lee Kuan Yew grip,
unless they themselves decide they no longer are prepared to be
enslaved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks to all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gopalan Nair&lt;br /&gt;
Imprisoned in the island paradise, Singapore&lt;br /&gt;
Against my will&lt;/p&gt;
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"http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-4th-singapore-independance-day.html"
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:24:37 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by kramnave @ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:15:01 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by MS:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As someone has mentioned about the Nazis. You know our
condition. If the internet cannot be moderated, then weed out those
who's identities are exposed and make a public mockery of them to
warn the rest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what's a "public" mockery over the internet going to do and what
warning does it serve ?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by MS @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:38:42 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;It is the most foolish way to deal directly against the
aggressor by going head on in an absolutely unbalanced, biased
leverage environment.&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;courageously
outspoken&amp;nbsp;have my empathies. But he has to understand the
situation before he starts to put the ones who hold the power over
the territory under verbal siege; regardless how true he may
be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Secondly, I always listen to only 50% of&amp;nbsp;how
the&amp;nbsp;media&amp;nbsp;describe rival politicians or government
critics. I guess the forumites should also bear in mind that it
does not profit anyone to be overly outspoken against the ones they
should not.&amp;nbsp;Be extremely cautious with the words you bring
forth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As someone has mentioned about the Nazis. You know our
condition. If the internet cannot be moderated, then weed out those
who's identities are exposed and make a public mockery of them to
warn the rest.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:38:42 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by kramnave @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:56:03 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by val.:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the manner the police arrested him at his hotel room reminds me
of the Hitler&#8217;s secret service agents, the SS as it was called in
germany during &lt;span&gt;WWII&lt;/span&gt;. Lee Kuan Yew is no different from
hitler. instead of purging jews in the holocaust, lky is doing it
in a modern day context in his autocratic ways. both are power
hungry fuckheads.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;but but...he provided them the address&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by val. @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:54:00 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;the manner the police arrested him at his hotel room reminds me
of the Hitler&#8217;s secret service agents, the SS as it was called in
germany during &lt;span class=""&gt;WWII&lt;/span&gt;. Lee Kuan Yew is no
different from hitler. instead of purging jews in the holocaust,
lky is doing it in a modern day context in his autocratic ways.
both are power hungry fuckheads.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:54:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:20:16 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Really pathetic behaviour of PAP regime.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How to be gracious society like that?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nothing but shit.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:20:16 +0800</pubDate>
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      <author>Poh Ah Pak</author>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by pearlie27 @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:18:33 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Looks like he is going to Taka to beg rather than to stage a
one-man protest.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:18:33 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by Miracles&amp;amp;Prophecies @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:14:24 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by elementalangel:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;u knew this would be coming.. why even dare lky to sue u in the
first place? its like putting your head into a lion's mouth and
daring him to bite it off..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if you have no means to battle it out, dont even try&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It's called standing up to your principles and beliefs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you never try that you are nothing even if you own
everything.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by elementalangel @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:41:55 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;u knew this would be coming.. why even dare lky to sue u in the
first place? its like putting your head into a lion's mouth and
daring him to bite it off..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;if you have no means to battle it out, dont even try&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:41:55 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by Short Ninja @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:07:32 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;From a 9 day intended visit to a 40 over days free and easy in
SIngapore,tell me who won't be Tulan?I hope he creates a lot of
fuss and noise over this....although I must say I dont like his
style either.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by Miracles&amp;amp;Prophecies @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:20:01 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;LKY regime=LIARS&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lie lie lie lie lie&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind of remind me of this hawker back in NTU canteen........&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No matter how it went always sounds the victory song&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lie, lie, lie,lie,lie,lie,lie,lie&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PAP propaganda selling : Pls do come and buy my bullshit. Thank
you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:20:01 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by annoy-you-must @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:14:17 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by Poh Ah Pak:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a name="8554541256063322047" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Give me a trial or let me go NOW!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ladies and Gentlemen,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Today is the 40&lt;span&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; day since my arrival in Singapore on
May 26, 2008. I expected to remain in Singapore only until June
3rd, 2008 i.e. for only 9 days for a short holiday and to witness
the Lee &lt;span&gt;Kuan&lt;/span&gt; Yew vs Dr. &lt;span&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; Soon Juan
defamation case.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On May 29, 2008 I wrote a blog criticizing the judge in the case of
Lee &lt;span&gt;Kuan&lt;/span&gt; Yew vs Dr. &lt;span&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; Soon Juan Juan
which was heard from May 26, 2008 to May 28, 2008. My article
critical of Judge Belinda &lt;span&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt; appeared in this
blog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On May 31, 2008 5 plain clothes policemen and women from Cantonment
Police Station arrested me from my hotel, the Broadway Hotel at
&lt;span&gt;Serangoon&lt;/span&gt; Road at 9 pm.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Singapore government in this case is being being deliberately
malicious and small minded in wanting to hurt me unnecessarily by
refusing to proceed with this case in an expeditious manner. It has
now been already been 40 days since my arrival in Singapore and I
still have not had a trial yet. The Singapore government very well
knows that this sort of delay is especially hurting to a foreigner
who is waiting here while his affairs in his home country are being
neglected. This sort of delay causes untold misery to a foreigner,
which itself amounts to severe punishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Singapore government is being deliberately malicious in
refusing to proceed with this case in an expeditious manner and is
intentionally causing me severe harm by dragging this case on
unnecessarily.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This Singapore government is aware that I have my personal business
to attend to in the USA and I have to go on with my life, which
happens to be in the USA. Not in Singapore. While here, I have no
proper accommodation, no right to work or no means of survival. Yet
knowing this, this heartless and unjust Singapore government
deliberately drags their feet with this case instead of giving a a
trial immediately or alternately dropping all charges and letting
me go home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Let me make this very clear. When I attended the 3 day case before
Judge Belinda &lt;span&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt;, there was no doubt in my mind at
all that she was clearly biased as biased can be, and completely
and utterly unfair towards Dr. &lt;span&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;Soo&lt;/span&gt;
Juan. In court she was not presiding as a judge at all, but was
being merely a spokesman or spokeswoman for Lee &lt;span&gt;Kuan&lt;/span&gt;
Yew and his son to ensure that they get to say whatever they want
and at the same time to ensure that Dr. &lt;span&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; was not
given any effective means to put his case forward. It was not a
trial, but a charade, a sham, an opera and a make believe of the
most disgusting sort.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Singapore government in their effort to use the law courts as a
means to remain in power can do whatever they want. But they cannot
try to make me say things which are not true. They cannot and will
not succeed in making me lie. No matter what, they cannot compel me
to say that what happened in the Singapore High Court was indeed a
fair trial. It was not.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The police had seized my personal notebook containing my Email
password and either themselves or through their agents sent Emails
to this judge &lt;span&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt; and are now trying to blame it on
me. I have not sent any emails to this judge &lt;span&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt;. I
did post 2 blog posts about the matter. Sending emails by seizing
my personal particulars to a judge and then trying to blame it on
me shows the depths of desperation and dishonesty to which this
pathetic government will go to prove their point. By lies and
dishonesty.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Look here, Singapore government. There was no need for me to send
any Emails to Judge &lt;span&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt;. I had made my position that
this judge was biased and unjust very clearly in my blog. If she
wanted to, she could read it. I couldn't care less. But there was
no need for me to send her any Emails. I had already made my point
that she was biased and unjust. Sending her any emails was totally
unnecessary. So Singapore government, this is my message to you.
Stop being infantile and stupid. Grow up. This is not how a first
world country should behave.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I wish to make it clear that I am not going to permit this silly
government intolerant of dissent to intentionally punish me by
making me remain in Singapore unnecessarily. You may try such
strong arm tactics with others but you will not try that with me.
My having to remain in Singapore for an extended period is causing
me very severe harm. The bad reputation that Singapore has
throughout the world as a country which abuses the law for it's
political ends is getting progressively worse by these false
charges against me. In fact it is hitting rock bottom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore as from &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Monday,
July 7&lt;span&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; 2008, 9am, I will be holding a one man
protest in front of Singapore Parliament demanding that I be given
a trial immediately or I be allowed to go home.&lt;/span&gt; This Belinda
&lt;span&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt; business has gone on long enough and I am not
prepared to wait any longer. I intend to do this every day until I
get a trial date or I am allowed to go home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also as from the said date, &lt;span style=
"text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Monday July 7&lt;span&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2008
from 3 pm in the afternoon, I intend to hold a one man protest
outside &lt;span&gt;Takashimaya&lt;/span&gt; Shopping Center, Orchard Road for
the same purpose.&lt;/span&gt; I am unable to continue financially being
forced to remain in Singapore during this time. I will therefore
willingly accept your financial donations to keep me alive in
Singapore while I am being kept against my will.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I invite all &lt;span&gt;bloggers&lt;/span&gt;, writers, concerned citizens,
foreigners, people who cherish freedom, journalists, cameramen,
citizens, video cameramen and everyone else to please come forward
and give me your support during this difficult time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please also give as much publicity and coverage to this case as
possible. The world must keep aware of the injustice that this
Singapore government is meting out to free speech and
expression.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am going to force this government to give me a trial without any
further delay. Give me a trial now or else drop your false charges
and let me go home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shame on you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Gopalan&lt;/span&gt; Nair&lt;br /&gt;
in Singapore&lt;br /&gt;
held against my will&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/07/give-me-trial-or-let-me-go-now.html"
rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/07&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I don't know who's the childish one here &lt;img src=
"/images/emoticons/classic/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=
"icon_rolleyes.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:14:17 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by AndrewPKYap @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:46:24 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh he was protesting... and I thought (as according to the
propaganda press) it was&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest%2BNews/Courts%2Band%2BCrime/STIStory_254870.html"
rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gopalan Nair&lt;/strong&gt; arrested for
disorderly behaviour, verbally abusing
&lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Straits Times,&amp;nbsp;Singapore&amp;nbsp;- 11 hours
ago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;FORMER Singaporean lawyer &lt;strong&gt;Gopalan&lt;/strong&gt;
Pallichadath &lt;strong&gt;Nair&lt;/strong&gt;, 58, was arrested on Friday for
disorderly behaviour in public and for using abusive words against
&lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;International shame...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23965624-17044,00.html"
rel="nofollow"&gt;Singapore Ex-president Lee Kuan Yew targets US
lawyer over blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;The Australian,&amp;nbsp;Australia&amp;nbsp;- Jul 3,
2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;The latest target is California lawyer &lt;strong&gt;Gopalan
Nair&lt;/strong&gt;, a former Singapore citizen, who dared Mr Lee to take
action over a critical posting on his internet
&lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=27505" rel=
"nofollow"&gt;US blogger &lt;strong&gt;Gopalan Nair&lt;/strong&gt; still waiting
the outcome of trial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Reporters without borders (press release),&amp;nbsp;France&amp;nbsp;-
Jun 17, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Reporters Without Borders today repeated a call for charges
to be dropped against US lawyer, &lt;strong&gt;Gopalan Nair&lt;/strong&gt;, who
appeared before a court here on 12 June and
&lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jRu8YzpmL9yIEjqMwE7bFCaheaVQ"
rel="nofollow"&gt;US blogger charged with insulting Singapore
judge&lt;/a&gt; AFP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/06/singapore-charges-us-blogger-for.php"
rel="nofollow"&gt;Singapore charges US blogger for insulting judge&lt;/a&gt;
JURIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://news.google.com/news?rlz=1B3GGGL_enSG227SG228&amp;amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;amp;tab=wn&amp;amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;amp;ncl=1222516980"
class="" rel="nofollow"&gt;all 15 news
articles&amp;nbsp;&#187;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by MrSean @ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:26:35 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Wow. He claims that the policemen stole his password and sent
those emails to Belinda Ang? That... Is a very serious
accusation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;LKY's administration HAS to prosecute him now. He's forcing them
into it. The fact that they are delaying it... Are they looking for
a new spokesperson cum judge?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:26:35 +0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Gopalan Nair to stage one man protest against PAP regime replied by Poh Ah Pak @ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:56:53 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;div class=""&gt;&lt;a name="8554541256063322047" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;h3 class=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Give me a trial or let me go
NOW!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ladies and Gentlemen,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Today is the 40&lt;span class=""&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; day since my arrival in
Singapore on May 26, 2008. I expected to remain in Singapore only
until June 3rd, 2008 i.e. for only 9 days for a short holiday and
to witness the Lee &lt;span class=""&gt;Kuan&lt;/span&gt; Yew vs Dr.
&lt;span class=""&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; Soon Juan defamation case.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On May 29, 2008 I wrote a blog criticizing the judge in the case of
Lee &lt;span class=""&gt;Kuan&lt;/span&gt; Yew vs Dr. &lt;span class=
""&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; Soon Juan Juan which was heard from May 26, 2008 to
May 28, 2008. My article critical of Judge Belinda &lt;span class=
""&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt; appeared in this blog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On May 31, 2008 5 plain clothes policemen and women from Cantonment
Police Station arrested me from my hotel, the Broadway Hotel at
&lt;span class=""&gt;Serangoon&lt;/span&gt; Road at 9 pm.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Singapore government in this case is being being deliberately
malicious and small minded in wanting to hurt me unnecessarily by
refusing to proceed with this case in an expeditious manner. It has
now been already been 40 days since my arrival in Singapore and I
still have not had a trial yet. The Singapore government very well
knows that this sort of delay is especially hurting to a foreigner
who is waiting here while his affairs in his home country are being
neglected. This sort of delay causes untold misery to a foreigner,
which itself amounts to severe punishment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Singapore government is being deliberately malicious in
refusing to proceed with this case in an expeditious manner and is
intentionally causing me severe harm by dragging this case on
unnecessarily.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This Singapore government is aware that I have my personal business
to attend to in the USA and I have to go on with my life, which
happens to be in the USA. Not in Singapore. While here, I have no
proper accommodation, no right to work or no means of survival. Yet
knowing this, this heartless and unjust Singapore government
deliberately drags their feet with this case instead of giving a a
trial immediately or alternately dropping all charges and letting
me go home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Let me make this very clear. When I attended the 3 day case before
Judge Belinda &lt;span class=""&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt;, there was no doubt in my
mind at all that she was clearly biased as biased can be, and
completely and utterly unfair towards Dr. &lt;span class=
""&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=""&gt;Soo&lt;/span&gt; Juan. In court she was not
presiding as a judge at all, but was being merely a spokesman or
spokeswoman for Lee &lt;span class=""&gt;Kuan&lt;/span&gt; Yew and his son to
ensure that they get to say whatever they want and at the same time
to ensure that Dr. &lt;span class=""&gt;Chee&lt;/span&gt; was not given any
effective means to put his case forward. It was not a trial, but a
charade, a sham, an opera and a make believe of the most disgusting
sort.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Singapore government in their effort to use the law courts as a
means to remain in power can do whatever they want. But they cannot
try to make me say things which are not true. They cannot and will
not succeed in making me lie. No matter what, they cannot compel me
to say that what happened in the Singapore High Court was indeed a
fair trial. It was not.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The police had seized my personal notebook containing my Email
password and either themselves or through their agents sent Emails
to this judge &lt;span class=""&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt; and are now trying to blame
it on me. I have not sent any emails to this judge &lt;span class=
""&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt;. I did post 2 blog posts about the matter. Sending
emails by seizing my personal particulars to a judge and then
trying to blame it on me shows the depths of desperation and
dishonesty to which this pathetic government will go to prove their
point. By lies and dishonesty.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Look here, Singapore government. There was no need for me to send
any Emails to Judge &lt;span class=""&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt;. I had made my
position that this judge was biased and unjust very clearly in my
blog. If she wanted to, she could read it. I couldn't care less.
But there was no need for me to send her any Emails. I had already
made my point that she was biased and unjust. Sending her any
emails was totally unnecessary. So Singapore government, this is my
message to you. Stop being infantile and stupid. Grow up. This is
not how a first world country should behave.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I wish to make it clear that I am not going to permit this silly
government intolerant of dissent to intentionally punish me by
making me remain in Singapore unnecessarily. You may try such
strong arm tactics with others but you will not try that with me.
My having to remain in Singapore for an extended period is causing
me very severe harm. The bad reputation that Singapore has
throughout the world as a country which abuses the law for it's
political ends is getting progressively worse by these false
charges against me. In fact it is hitting rock bottom.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore as from &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Monday,
July 7&lt;span class=""&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; 2008, 9am, I will be holding a one
man protest in front of Singapore Parliament demanding that I be
given a trial immediately or I be allowed to go home.&lt;/span&gt; This
Belinda &lt;span class=""&gt;Ang&lt;/span&gt; business has gone on long enough
and I am not prepared to wait any longer. I intend to do this every
day until I get a trial date or I am allowed to go home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also as from the said date, &lt;span style=
"text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Monday July 7&lt;span class=
""&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;, 2008 from 3 pm in the afternoon, I intend to hold a
one man protest outside &lt;span class=""&gt;Takashimaya&lt;/span&gt; Shopping
Center, Orchard Road for the same purpose.&lt;/span&gt; I am unable to
continue financially being forced to remain in Singapore during
this time. I will therefore willingly accept your financial
donations to keep me alive in Singapore while I am being kept
against my will.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I invite all &lt;span class=""&gt;bloggers&lt;/span&gt;, writers, concerned
citizens, foreigners, people who cherish freedom, journalists,
cameramen, citizens, video cameramen and everyone else to please
come forward and give me your support during this difficult
time.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please also give as much publicity and coverage to this case as
possible. The world must keep aware of the injustice that this
Singapore government is meting out to free speech and
expression.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I am going to force this government to give me a trial without any
further delay. Give me a trial now or else drop your false charges
and let me go home.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shame on you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=""&gt;Gopalan&lt;/span&gt; Nair&lt;br /&gt;
in Singapore&lt;br /&gt;
held against my will&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=
"http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/07/give-me-trial-or-let-me-go-now.html"
rel=
"nofollow"&gt;http://singaporedissident.blogspot.com/2008/07&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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