A quick timeline of a bizarre flap that developed over the Wall Street Journal editorial posted here earlier.
On June 30, Lee Kuan Yew’s press secretary Yeong Yoon Ying sent in a response to the WSJ where Yeong asserted that:
Dr. Chee [Soon Juan] in open court then called the Singapore leaders “murderers, robbers, child molesters” and “rapists.”
On July 1, Chee responded on the SDP site, also sending a copy to WSJ, stating that “The outrageousness of Madam Yeong’s lie borders on the comedic” and asking for a transcript of him saying this.
On July 3, Yeong Yoon Ying’s response to WSJ was published in Today as well, marking the first time the Singapore government-controlled media touched on the issue. The original editorial was not published.
On July 4, another Yeong Yoon Ying letter to Today was published, containing the transcript that Chee was asking for. (Again, Chee’s response was not published.) According to Yeong, the transcript said:
Mr Davinder Singh: ” … And to conclude on Dr Chee’s submissions, he says that he doesn’t wish Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Lee Hsien Loong ill. In that same breath, he says he stands by The New Democrat article, which alleged that they are ‘criminals, corrupt, and covered up matters in the NKF’. And under his breath he’s now just said ‘murderers and robbers’.”
Dr Chee: “And rapists, too, you might as well throw it in, you know, right? Child molesters”.
The SDP also provided an audio clip of the exchange; alas, Chee’s part of it is almost inaudible.
On July 5, Chee’s first response — now already somewhat outdated — was finally printed in the Wall Street Journal. How will Lee & company respond?
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Tags: chee soon juan, child molesters, defamation, lee kuan yew, murderers, rapists, robbers, today, wall street journal, wsj, yeong yoon ying
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Not that I am an SDP supporter, nor am I a fan of Mr Chee, but evidently through the tone of the transcript, Chee was simply adding sarcasm to ridicule with his additions at the end of the quotations you provided.
Shouldn’t MM Lee’s press secretary exercise caution in throwing accusations of such a degree by recognising whether a statement was made in earnest vs. whether it was made in misplaced sarcasm (misplaced due to its being uttered in court of all places)? I dare say Mr Yeong is branding himself to be as brash as the Chees with his so-called assertion.
Well folks know how desperate the MM and PM are trying to paint Chee as a liar, when in fact they’re the ones that are losing the case.
“He is near-psychopath.”
I agree.