Chee Soon Juan

Chee Soon Juan (Chinese徐顺 全, pinyin Xu Shunquan; * 1962 ) is a Singaporean politician and leader of the opposition party Singapore Democratic Party ( SDP). Chee is a neuropsychologist and made ​​in 1990 his degree at the University of Georgia. He joined the SDP in 1992.

He is a critic of the Singaporean government, even though he acknowledges the political achievements of the former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who "did good life in this small, resource-poor country."

At a trial in 2008 he was described by Lee Kuan Yew as " liars, cheats and all together a ruthless man " and as " almost psychopathic ".

Due to the numerous lawsuits that have been waged against him, he had now login personal bankruptcy. Furthermore, it was imposed on him a travel ban.

The Singaporean government's response on political repression

The Singapore government had on 11 November 2009 spread a press release in which it comes to the political activities of Chee Soon Juan, the proceedings for defamation [Note: the government ] against him and his inability or his Fehlener will, in court even to defend, the court cases in which it comes to actions that fueled the view of the government civil disobedience and Chees reactions to all of these court rulings.