Speech – Chained to Our Roots

“Human rights has become a ‘religion’ that breeds devotees who border on the fanatic”, says Attorney General Walter Woon. “Such a dismissal of sincerely-held views… is not helpful to engagement between a government and its citizens”, replies Maruah’s Siew Kum Hong. AWARE’s president Constance Singam says, “‘Fanatics’… are often exactly what our society needs.”