Vincent Cheng (dissident)

Vincent Cheng is a Singaporean Catholic social worker who was detained without trial under the Internal Security Act (Singapore) for 3 years.

Controversy

In 1987, Vincent Cheng was one of the 22 Singaporeans branded as a "Marxist Conspirator" and arrested under Operation Spectrum. He was the last detainee to be released.

On 1 January 1994, Amnesty International recognized him as a "prisoner of conscience."[1]

Vincent and his fellow detainees related some of their experiences, including physical torture,[2] in the book, That We May Dream Again, published in 2009.

Vincent Cheng has also recounted on his experiences in the blog Singaporerebel.[3] The NGO Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD) wrote an official letter of inquiry[4] to the Internal Security Department over the issue.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Amnesty International Report 1994 - Singapore". Amnesty International. 1 January 1994.
  2. ↑ Vincent Cheng: I still bear the scars
  3. ↑ 23 years after Operation Spectrum : Ex-detainees recall mental and physical abuses
  4. ↑ SFD queries ISD over Vincent Cheng affair

External links

"Vincent Cheng: What I did for Wah Piow" June 10, 1987