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Former diplomat Bilahari Kausikan questions Dr Thum Ping Tjin’s loyalty to Singapore
Singapore’s former Ambassador-at-Large Mr Bilahari Kausikan has called into question Singaporean historian Dr Thum Ping Tjin’s loyalty to the country after the latter had “invited” Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to “interfere” in “Singapore’s internal politics”.
In his commentary on a SMRT Feedback by The Vigilanteh Facebook post which he had shared yesterday (4 Sep), Mr Kausikan raised the question of “which is his country and who are his people?” in response to Dr Thum’s declaration of “I love my country and my people”.
Dr Thum’s declaration was made in light of allegations of being “traitorous” hurled against him by certain factions in Singapore, most notably PAP MP Seah Kian Peng, as a result of the following Facebook post:
Mr Kausikan had also accused Dr Thum of having “a slippery character”, and went on to provide a chronological account of Dr Thum’s previous references to “Malaya”, which Mr Kausikan deems to be “a loaded reference, which, as a historian, he should recognise”, and thus “cannot be accidental”.
He added: “At least the [comic] artist Sonny Liew has publicly admitted he should have used better judgement about the meeting. That is at least halfway honest.
But PJ [Dr Thum] is still twisting and turning, trying to slip out of what he has said and done.”
He concluded: “Since he is so enamoured of ‘Malaya’, perhaps he is best described by a movie character of that era: Orang Minyak — Oily Man!”
Netizen’s reaction to Mr Kausikan’s post is a mixed bag, with many Singaporeans agreeing with his line of reasoning, while a few provided counter-arguments.
Shahana Sakura wrote:
Dixon Ong said:
PengYong Tan commented:
Steven Tan said:
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Tze Shiung Ng said:
Mike Lui wrote:
It isn’t the 4 individuals that played into Dr M’s hands (assuming that this was his game plan), it was the Singapore government.
How expensive is it to get divorced in Singapore?