Singapore Politics

Salary Showdown: Singapore's Prime Minister Tosses Opposition Leader A Few Crumbs

2020/08/03 • Roy Ngerng

Singapore’s Prime Minister remains an extravagantly paid outlier.

OPINION: Singapore's Crisis Election Is About Mudslinging, Not Real Issues

2020/07/07 • Kirsten Han

Singapore was supposed to have a public deliberation over its post-Covid-19 future. Instead the ruling party has cracked down on the opposition.

Meet Singapore's Next Leader, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat

2018/12/13 • East Asia Forum

The re-emergence of Heng Swee Keat as successor to Lee Hsien Loong as Singapore's leader could be viewed as a stopgap to the rise of Lee's son, Li Hongyi.

The Crazy Rich Salaries of Singapore's Ministers Versus the Poor Peasants Who Support Them

2018/08/31 • Roy Ngerng

Singapore's Crazy Rich Ministers are busy stuffing their own coffers as poverty and inequality run rampant.

To Sue or Not to Sue: Defamation and Double Standards in Singapore’s Family Feud

2017/07/05 • Kirsten Han

'The prime minister has indicated that he might still sue his siblings, depending on what they continue to say in public. It's now become an exercise in seeing how far the siblings can go before they reach his limit, but would it really be to our benefit to see a lawsuit?'

Is the First Family Finally Waking from Singapore’s Orwellian Nightmare?

2017/06/15 • Kirsten Han

Lee Hsien Loong has continued to erode civil liberties on the island. Like his father, he’s sued political opponents, journalists and dissidents. Are his siblings starting to wake up?

‘Rare Political Excitement’ in Singapore as Rift in Prime Minister's Family Erupts Online

2017/06/14 • ZiQing Low

'We feel big brother omnipresent. We fear the use of the organs of state against us.'