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2006-05-07 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: The People's Action Party (PAP) on Saturday won 66.6% of the votes cast, down from 75.3% in the 2001 poll.

By most standards, this is a landslide. But Singapore's ruling party controls the press and the judiciary. This means that the press toes the ruling party line, and judges always rule in favor of the ruling party in the incessant libel lawsuits (involving hundreds of thousands in money damages) filed against opposition politicians. A 9% fall in its share of the vote is pretty significant.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-05-07 02:01|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-05-07 02:01|| Front Page Top

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