Tang Fong Har

Tang Fong Har, a lawyer, was detained on 20 June 1987 by the government of Singapore during Operation Spectrum under the Internal Security Act. Her detention was deem by many as a means to crush dissidents. In her letter [ [http://www.singapore-window.org/tfhmemo.htm SW: A detainee remembers ] ] , she states that she was physically abused, kept incommunicado and forced to admit guilt of subversion of state. Many deem her work in the Law Society of Singapore which opposed amendments to the "Newspapers and Printing Presses Act and the Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill" in 1986 as a reason for her detention. Fact|date=February 2007 She was later released on 12 September 1987.

She states that SK Tan had violently attacked her during interrogation, currently a senior executive of Singapore Press Holdings.

See also

* Francis Seow
* Internal Security Act
* Operation Spectrum

References

External links

* [http://www.singapore-window.org/tfhmemo.htm SW: A detainee remembers ]
* [http://www.singapore-window.org/tfhbck.htm Tang Fong Har - the person ]
* [http://www.singapore-window.org/sw99/90122st.htm 'Spys' detained under security act ]
* [http://www.aseannewsnetwork.com/1997/06/life-with-isd-in-singapore.html aseannewsnetwork: Life with the ISD in Singapore]
* [http://www.sgdemocrat.org/classic/index.php?id=informations/hallofshame.html Hall of Shame]
* [http://www.geocities.com/newsintercom/notstf/all-letters/freespeech.html Free Speech]
* [http://law.nus.edu.sg/alumni/alumni_directory.asp?Year=1980 NUS alumni]
* [http://www.ipsofactoj.com/archive/1988/Part5/arc1988(5)-008.htm Court allegations against Teo Soh Lung ] citing Tang Fong Har as a co -conspirator
* [http://www.hrw.org/reports/1989/WR89/Singapor.htm#TopOfPage HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WORLD REPORT 1989 on Singapore]