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kjeyaretnam

I'm a Singaporean economist who became an opposition activist. I blog to provide an alternative to the porkies that the Pinkies tell. It just so happens that my alternative is the truth. That's why I've never been sued in any civil or criminal court no matter how hard hitting my criticism.
I'm quoted and interviewed and asked to speak across the world but largely censored in Singapore in an effort to silence my political opinions.
The left hate me because they think I split their vote and because I eschew their outmoded economic models. Models that don't work.
The Right and the Conservatives hate me because I'm a liberal.
I'm not sure what the middle think of me. I don't think there are more than a handful of people in the middle, here in Singapore.
I'm a Singaporean born and bred, dual heritage, my parents Singaporean established here before the State of Singapore was created. I'm not Eurasian.
I read economics at Cambridge and could be broadly described as from the Keynesian school but I believe in interventions. I was formerly a successful hedge fund manager. After economics and politics my greatest interests are history, film and Makan. I run but I run so I can eat like a Singaporean.

Not To Be Outdone for Superlatives by the PAP’s Singapore, PM Lee Sets a New Guinness World Record

Tomorrow will set a new world record of sorts. In the morning Lee Hsien Loong will appear to be cross-examined in the criminal defamation trial of Terry Xu, editor of […]

Lee Hsien Loong Is Telling Porkie Pies If He Pretends RCEP Is a Big Deal Without the US

On November 15, Lee Hsien Loong and Chan Chun Sing signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). For those who might not be aware what this is, the RCEP links […]

As Singaporeans Increasingly See the Light, the Arc May Be Starting to Bend

I have frequently accused Lee Hsien Loong and his family of corruptly using state resources to stay in power and promote his and his wife’s financial interests. Of course he […]

Enough Already with the Hypocrisy and Lies, Lee Hsien Loong!

Dear Mr Lee Hsien Loong, In a Facebook post on  Tuesday 10 November, following your Minister Shanmugam’s Parliamentary statement on the Parti Liyani case you said: Building a democratic society […]

Did Shanmugam Breach the Constitution When He Discussed the High Court Judgement in the Parti Liyani Case?

Article 99 of the Singapore Constitution states: The conduct of a Judge of the Supreme Court or a Judicial Commissioner, a Senior Judge or an International Judge of the Supreme […]

You Don’t Have to Believe Shanmugam Pulls the Strings to Know That the PM Has Too Much Influence Over the Judiciary

Yesterday I read that M. Ravi is being investigated by the police for criminal defamation. He posted on Facebook on 6 November that Eugene Thuraisingham, another lawyer in whose firm […]

Indranee Talks the Usual PAP Cock in Parliament About Not Needing Checks and Balances

In yesterday’s Parliamentary debate Leader of the House, Indranee Rajah, dismissed the idea that there was a problem with the AG, a political appointee, having the power to decide whom […]

Shanmugam Abuses Parliamentary Privilege to Retry and Convict Parti Liyani

As promised in October, Law Minister Shanmugam delivered a statement in Parliament yesterday on the Parti Liyani case.  I have previously written extensively about it here, here here, here and […]

An Archaic and Repressive Law Corruptly Misused

Hot on the heels of his vexatious libel suit against innocuous blogger Leong Sze Hian, Lee Hsien Loong is now using the AG to dust off an archaic law and […]

Even Without the Sexual Assault Allegations, NUS’s Employment of Jeremy Fernando Looks Highy Questionable

Singaporeans are constantly bombarded with statistics by the PAP Government showing that their country comes top or near the top in innumerable rankings. Examples include the OECD Programme for International […]

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