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Legal action taken against Singapore blogger Roy Ngerng by the country’s Prime Minister is a PR disaster of the government’s own making, a prominent former ad man has said. Calvin Soh, the former vice chairman of Publicis Asia Pacific, wrote on his Facebook blog Future Singapore that “Whoever is advising the PAP [Singapore's ruling political party] needs to get their heads out of their own crevice.”

In what is likely to be a first for Singapore politics, Roy Ngerng has raised a whooping $50,000 just within 3 days. That's $20,000 shy of his target of $70,000, which Roy says that's how much is needed for his legal defense fund excluding the possible damages payable for Lee Hsien Loong. Make no mistake, Roy is likely to lose the case. He has already apologised and removed the articles which, legally speaking, strongly indicates his guilt and that he was aware of his error in alleging that Lee misappropriated CPF funds. As we can see, this law case is not about the CPF scheme and it is also not about defamation which is a likely forgone conclusion. This case is about how Singaporeans have come to hate the PAP and how PAP have been forcing unpopular policies down our throats without carefully explaining them.

Asking the ministry of education for exact figures, he found that Singaporean faculty members were in a minority in some departments in the National University of Singapore, or NUS, and Nanyang Technological University, or NTU – the two main public universities. The ministry said 28% of 25 faculty members of NUS’s political science department were Singaporean. At the university’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 46% of the 82 faculty members were local citizens.

I also find it objectionable, as many others do, that I have no control over a significant amount of funds in my CPF account and shall have no control over them for the foreseeable future. If I do not live for the length of time on which CPF Life projections are based (“average or expected lifespans”) I shall not be able to enjoy the money I have earned, even if I happen to need it urgently at some point in time.

Hello Daniel, I’m a Singaporean in Melbourne who has spent the last decade working in the financial industry here, dealing with pensions and investments. Back when I left Singapore I was deeply unhappy with the CPF scheme. However over the years, I’ve come to appreciate how it is run and currently believe it’s one of the best systems worldwide.

Dear Singaporeans, today is at the Day 2 mark of the fund raising. We have managed to reach the half-way mark for the fund raising! Thank you so much for assisting this.

So, he has to ask Roy to apologise, remove the relevant content, and pay for damages. In two other similar cases, nobody went to court. Those two other persons can still criticize the PM. In fact, they have, in some cases, done a better job. Roy deliberately aggravated the situation. The PM has to press charges. I feel sad for Roy and have tried to advice him on his Facebook.

I fear our esteemed Prime Minister is losing his moral high ground here by commencing with the defamation suit. Sir, I really do not think this works in your favour with today’s generation of Singaporeans.

Hi there, with the recent questions about CPF, I have a question that maybe the expert on the internet and forums can shed some light on this since PAP prefers to remain silent . If a HDB flat is going to end its 99 years leasehold, does that mean all the CPF money spent on paying for the flat comes down to zero, I also understand that in the past the PAP has some SERs programs, but I don’t think this will continue, because I see lots of condominiums going up in Singapore.

To the youths whom I have taught you in your school: Blogger Roy Ngerng who now faces a law suit from the Prime Minister is NOT your hero. I have prepared a few pointers for you to ponder on.