Tang Fong Har, a lawyer, was detained on 20 June 1987 by the government of Singapore during Operation Spectrum under the Internal Security Act. Her detention was deem by many as a means to crush dissidents. In her letter [1], she states that she was physically abused, kept incommunicado and forced to admit guilt of subversion of state. Many deem her work in the Law Society of Singapore which opposed amendments to the Newspapers and Printing Presses Act and the Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill in 1986 as a reason for her detention.[citation needed] She was later released on 12 September 1987.
She states that SK Tan had violently attacked her during interrogation, currently a senior executive of Singapore Press Holdings.
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- SW: A detainee remembers
- Tang Fong Har - the person
- 'Spys' detained under security act
- aseannewsnetwork: Life with the ISD in Singapore
- Hall of Shame
- Free Speech
- NUS alumni
- Court allegations against Teo Soh Lung citing Tang Fong Har as a co -conspirator
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WORLD REPORT 1989 on Singapore
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