Chee Soon Juan is secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party and director of the Open Singapore Centre. Formerly a researcher in neuropsychology at the National University of Singapore and currently a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago, he is author of To Be Free: Stories from Asia’s Struggles Against Oppression(1998), Singapore, My Home Too (1995), and Dare To Change: An Alternative Vision for Singapore (1994).
April 2001, Volume 12, Issue 2
Although friendly to business, Singapore’s government represses dissent and is far from transparent in its management of public funds. A leading dissident chronicles his struggle for greater openness.