Monthly Archives: September 2011

Dr Ang Swee Chai, a prominent surgeon and author of From Beirut to Jerusalem has now written about her arrest and detention without trial under the ISA in 1977. She was one of at least 28 people, mostly professionals, who were arrested … Continue reading →

All of us were promised early release if we cooperated with an appearance on the state television.  Despite our full cooperation, (some of us had 2 or 3 recordings at the television station), many of us were not released after … Continue reading →

Tang Fong Har was one of the six arrested on 20 June 1987. The other five were Chew Kheng Chuan (K C Chew), Chng Suan Tze and three young Polytechnic students, Ronnie Ng, Fan Wan Peng and Nur Effendi. A … Continue reading →

Tang Fong Har, a young lawyer was one of 22 people arrested in 1987 and imprisoned without trial under the Internal Security Act.  16 people were arrested in a pre dawn raid  carried out by the ISD  on 21 May … Continue reading →