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Advertisement Singapore This Week in Asia Politics Among the asylum seekers were blogger Amos Yee, the late former prosecutor Francis Seow and pro-Palestinian activist Ang Swee Chai

An anti-piracy coalition says its members are working to block pirate sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore

An anti-piracy coalition says its members are working to block pirate sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore.

How an unexpected Workers’ Party victory in 1991 laid the foundation for an enduring opposition stronghold in PAP-dominated Singapore.

SINGAPORE (SCMP): As a courtroom drama unfolds in Singapore that may affect the future of its largest opposition party, a documentary film is being released that recalls its glorious past.

The leader of the opposition is embroiled in controversy surrounding his comments to a parliamentary committee over earlier lies told by a former party member.

At one point, Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh was asked by Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock whether he was ‘an honest person'

At one point, Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh was asked by Deputy Attorney-General Ang Cheng Hock whether he was ‘an honest person’.

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Employers who discriminate against workers based on characteristics such as race, age, sex and nationality could be prosecuted under the proposed law.