Thursday, December 27, 2018

Bad for a prime minister to sue his citizens

Someone declared that Lee HL is the only prime minister that sues his citizens.

I am not able to support that statement. I do not know about the actions of the prime ministers of 200 countries around the world, including the prime ministers in the past.

I agree that it is very bad for any prime minister to sue its citizens for defamation or to protect his integrity. It is better for the leader to issue a statement and trust that his people will believe his statement. It is better to be honest and transparent, rather than use the legal suit to silence critics.

OK. I am not aware of any other prime minister, current and past, that sues its citizens. If any of you know about it, please share.

They might be a few that carried out the same act, but it still does not justify the action - which is frankly quite bad.

Tan Kin Lian

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I only know of 2 others -- lky and gct!

Anonymous said...

I agree that it is very bad for any prime minister to sue its citizens for defamation or to protect his integrity. It is better for the leader to issue a statement and trust that his people will believe his statement. It is better to be honest and transparent, rather than use the legal suit to silence critics.


Indirectly he is Singapore. Should built up, not knock down. He cannot allow doubts built on people's mind. Otherwise how is he going to rule? If he had to keep issue statements, what limited time has he left for urgent matters. The position he is holding is not a walk in the park. Besides, if he does not sue, can you imagine the tone be written about him and his family which was already soul destroying though it is impossible to read and hear everything on social media which mostly are garbage by the way. I❤️my country.

Anonymous said...

In the past,all relatives with the same sir name will be exterminated.

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