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SEAH KIAN PENG – RETRACT YOUR FACEBOOK POST AND ISSUE AN APOLOGY

by onlinecitizen
03/09/2018
in Civil Society, Letters
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We refer to MP Seah Kian Peng’s Facebook post dated 1 September 2018. In it, Mr Seah makes a series of misleading statements about several Singaporeans and the Singapore Democratic Party. Despite repeated reminders from concerned citizens, he has neither amended nor taken down his post.

On social media, comments related to Mr Seah’s views have become increasingly inflammatory and dangerous.

Mr Seah claims historian Dr Thum Ping Tjin “invited Dr Mahathir to bring democracy to Singapore.” As proof, Mr Seah posts a screenshot from Dr Thum’s Facebook page. Perhaps the MP didn’t read it, because this is what it says:

“I urged him to take leadership in Southeast Asia for the promotion of democracy, human rights, freedom of expression, and freedom of information. I also expressed hopes for closer relations between the people of Malaysia and Singapore.”

Nothing in Dr Thum’s post suggests that he’d invited Dr Mahathir to “bring democracy to Singapore”. Journalist Kirsten Han, who was also at the meeting, has also clarified that no such invitation was issued. It is puzzling that Mr Seah should jump to such a conclusion.

Mr Seah also takes issue with a separate post by Dr Thum wishing Malaysians “Selemat Hari Merdeka” and Singaporeans “happy unofficial independence day”. The MP concludes that this means Dr Thum believes “Singapore is part of Malaysia”.

Mr Seah appears to not know his own country’s history. A simple search online shows that Lee Kuan Yew himself declared de facto independence for Singapore on 31 August 1963:

Dr Thum was merely referencing history when he wished his fellow Singaporeans “happy unofficial independence day”.

In his post, Mr Seah mentions the Singapore Democratic Party. This is bizarre, given that the SDP wasn’t even party to the meeting with Dr Mahathir.

Mr Seah’s Facebook post has incited unwarranted feelings of resentment towards Singaporeans who have done nothing to betray their country. We are deeply disappointed that an elected official and member of the Select Committee on Online Falsehoods is himself propagating misinformation. The MP might have no malicious intent and might even believe he is doing a service to Singapore, but it is clear he has trouble discerning facts from falsehoods. He should not be a member of the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods. We call on him to resign, apologise and retract his post immediately.

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] [toggle title=”Signatories” state=”close”]
  • Adrian Heok
  • Alex Tseng
  • Alfian Sa’at
  • Annie Kwan
  • Celine Lim
  • Chan Wai Han
  • Constance Singam
  • Desiree Lim Harkins
  • Emmy Charissa
  • Eve Tan
  • Jason Soo
  • Joshua Chiang
  • Kai Lam
  • Kenneth Lin
  • Koh Jee Leong
  • Lee Xian Jie
  • Lim Jialiang
  • Low Yit Leng
  • Lynn Lee
  • Mansura Sajahan
  • Martyn See
  • Ngiam Shih Tung
  • Ong Sooi Eng
  • Pak Geok Choo
  • Poh Soo Kai
  • Rachel Zeng
  • Rejini Raman
  • Roy Ngerng
  • Shelley Thio
  • Shree Raaman
  • Tan Luo Yi
  • Tan Tee Seng
  • Teng Qian Xi
  • Terry Xu
  • Vincent Cheng
  • Wong Souk Yee
  • Woon Tien Wei
  • Yap Ching Wi
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The letter was sent to Mr Seah on Tuesday morning.

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