How Bad Laws Are Created and Abused in Singapore (A POFMA Case Study)
PJ uses POFMA as a case study to demonstrate how Singapore's People's Action Party government writes poorly worded laws that give themselves immense a…
Tag: Transparency and Accountability
How the Oxley Road Scandal shows the Weakness of Public Institutions in Singapore
PJ explains Singapore's Oxley Road dispute between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his siblings, Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang; how Lee Kuan Yew'…
Singapore’s Dependence on Foreign Funding and our Economic Quandary
PJ explains how Singapore's economy has evolved over time, how it is heavily dependent on foreign funding, and how the PAP tried to wean Singapore off…
Denials and Demagogues: Indonesia’s Communication Crisis Amidst a Pandemic
As the Indonesian government stumbles with public communication, journalists are putting their lives at risk trying to convey the gravity of the COVID…
How the PAP Government Abuses “Rule of Law” to Control Singapore
PJ explains how the People's Action Party in Singapore uses/abuses the concept of the "Rule of Law" to control all forms of political activity, by cri…
How the PAP Nanny State creates Dependence and Controls Citizens
Historian Thum Ping Tjin ("PJ") explains how the People's Action Party in Singapore, through purposeful social design since the 1960s, has created a s…
The Importance of Polling Agents and Counting Agents
Citizen volunteers - Polling Agents and Counting Agents - are crucial for fair and honest elections. Volunteer to be one today!
How Singapore’s Elections are Qualitatively Unfair
PJ explains how the historic use of arrests and lawsuits, the threats of punishment, and the slanted media coverage create an atmosphere of fear in wh…
How Gerrymandering Creates Unfair Elections in Singapore
Singapore’s elections are deeply unfair. Singapore’s system of electoral redelineation is one reason why - it creates constituencies which are unr…
How Singapore’s Elections are Structurally Unfair
In The Show with PJ Thum episode 2, historian Thum Ping Tjin ("PJ") explains how Singapore's electoral system is deeply unfair. It is designed to maxi…
