Vincent Cheng Kim Chuan
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Vincent Cheng Kim Chuan (钟金全) is a Singaporean Catholic social worker who was detained under the Internal Security Act during the 1987 Operation Spectrum for three years.
Detention and aftermath
In 1987, Cheng was one of the 22 Singaporeans branded as a "Marxist conspirator" and arrested under Operation Spectrum. He was the last detainee to be released. On 1 January 1994, Amnesty International recognised him as a "prisoner of conscience."{{cite news | url = http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a9ef44.html | title = Amnesty International Report 1994 - Singapore | publisher = Amnesty International | date = 1 January 1994}} The NGO Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD) wrote an official letter of inquiry{{Cite web |title=SFD queries ISD over Vincent Cheng affair |url=http://sfd.sg/content/sfd-queries-isd-over-vincent-cheng-affair |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603122921/http://sfd.sg/content/sfd-queries-isd-over-vincent-cheng-affair |archive-date=2010-06-03 |access-date=2010-06-30}} to the Internal Security Department over the issue.
Cheng and his fellow detainees related some of their experiences, including physical torture,[http://jacob69.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/vincent-cheng-i-still-bear-the-scars/ Vincent Cheng: I still bear the scars] in the book, [http://jacob69.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/operation-spectrum-was-political-rape/ That We May Dream Again], published in 2009. Cheng has also recounted on his experiences in the blog Singaporerebel.[http://singaporerebel.blogspot.com/2010/05/23-years-after-operation-spectrum-ex.html 23 years after Operation Spectrum : Ex-detainees recall mental and physical abuses]
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External links
- Vincent Cheng speaks at a Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) rally (video): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ohOwc79Sc Part 1],[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37pv4rRWD7o Part 2]
- [http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19870610.1.1.aspx "Vincent Cheng: What I did for Wah Piow"] June 10, 1987
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Category:Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Singapore
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