Vincent Cheng Kim Chuan (钟金全) is a Singaporean Catholic social worker who was detained under the Internal Security Act during the 1987 Operation Spectrum for three years.
Controversy[edit]
In 1987, 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 recognised him as a "prisoner of conscience."[1]
Cheng and his fellow detainees related some of their experiences, including physical torture,[2] in the book, That We May Dream Again, published in 2009.
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[edit]
- ^ "Amnesty International Report 1994 - Singapore". Amnesty International. 1 January 1994.
- ^ Vincent Cheng: I still bear the scars
- ^ 23 years after Operation Spectrum : Ex-detainees recall mental and physical abuses
- ^ "SFD queries ISD over Vincent Cheng affair". Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
External links[edit]
- Vincent Cheng speaks at a Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) rally (video): Part 1,Part 2
- "Vincent Cheng: What I did for Wah Piow" June 10, 1987