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Singapore admits police can access contact-tracing data

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By Roslan RAHMAN

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Singaporeans have chosen security over privacy for a long time. Most that I know there generally trust their govt to do the overall good for the people and their laws reflect that.

It is their choice.

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Singapore puts a nice face on but they live under a single party police state not all that different from the CCP. They don't disappear people but chose instead to use a corrupt and compliant legal system to allow political dissidents to be repeatedly sued for slander and other things until they are too poor to put up a fight any more. There is almost no distinction between the People's Action Party and the Singapore civil service. The UK assured their political ascendancy at independence by conveniently jailing their political opponents before their first "elections". The PAP hasn't really had to fight for control ever since. They control all of the governing apparatus and especially the courts. Surveillance is omnipresent. There are even ladies monitoring the mens room to make sure you flush before you leave, on pain of a very large fine ($1000 Singapore about $500 USD when I was there). Censorship is likewise prevalent and I would be arrested and caned for what I just wrote. i know because some US journalists were indeed arrested and caned for writing the same things about the PAP. Not a democracy by any stretch of the imagination.

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@ Desert Tortoise

IMHO we are no ones to judge on what works best for another country, especially one as small and diverse as SG. LKY wanted political stability and racial harmony above all, so certain things like 'freedom of speech' which other democratic countries take for granted had to take a backseat. To his credit he did deliver economic growth, racial harmony (even if it is enforced) and a relatively corruption free society (as compared to most of its neighbours). Just take a look at Singapore's socioeconomic sibling Malaysia and you will understand that this is what worked best then for a small country with no natural resources, hostile neighbours and a history of race related tensions.

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