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Singapore warns Myanmar activists to stop protests

Posted : Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:31:39 GMT
Author : DPA
Category : Asia (World)
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Singapore- Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs warned political activists from Myanmar not to ignore repeated police orders to stop illegal public protests and anti-Myanmar activities, the The Strait Times newspaper said Saturday. A spokesman of the Overseas Burmese Patriots (OBP), a group of Myanmar activists, said the Singapore government has not renewed immigration passes for five of its members that had participated in a public protest in November.

"We do have suspicion that the rationale for the rejections might be because of the protests and our activities," Myo Myint Maung said.

An ministry spokesperson said "the right of a foreign national to work or stay in Singapore is not a matter of entitlement or a right to be secured by political demand and public pressure" and that activists repeatedly ignored requests from government officials to meet to discuss the group's conduct.

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Why not legal public protest?
By: myo tha htet , Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:24:51 GMT

If Singapore government do not like Myanmar activists to make illegal public protests in Singapore, why not they(Myanmar activists) apply and do a legal public protest?




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