Jealousy
With words make a mask So my face will not show terrors Of mind stretched on rack. Hide those drooping corners Of lips in a pain twisted smile. * Patience,
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They Will Not Let You Stay
They will not let you stay or let me go Come cover with laughter and chatter The longing, the anguish of parting I can do nothing but watch you go.
Alone Away
The night is liquid black glass A slow enclosing oozy silence. Midnight crushes the soul in its Crystal hard grip. Only the night guards’ boots kick splinters In a lonely
11 October 1958 : Detention Order Extended For Another Year
The detention order for the six political detainees was extended in November 1958. Lim Chin Siong and the others asked to be transferred to St. John’s Island. Only James remained
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October 1956 to June 1959 : Life in Detention At Changi Camp
“When we went to jail, we were all in one group. And we had a library. All the books were in one room. So, the first night, Woodhull kept the
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15 July 1958 : Differences With Chin Siong
James quarrelled with Lim Chin Siong soon after he came to the detention camp. The row was over the revolution in Iraq. They heard over the radio that Nuri Pasha
19th June 1958 : The Federation’s Reservations On the Internal Security Council
[Lim] Yew Hock had learned from [Tun] Abdul Razak that there would be no difficulty about the Federation’s part in the Internal Security Council if Lim Yew Hock was returning
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23rd May 1958 : The Establishment Of The Internal Security Council And The “Subversives” Clause
The Delegation renewed their objection to the exclusion from the first Assembly of persons detained in Singapore for subversive activities and stated that they could not agree to the inclusion
5th April 1958 : Easter Weekend With Mavis
“For Easter, I was allowed out. I went to a holiday bungalow where my now wife, those days girlfriend brought her friends. James was taken there by Richard Corridon. I
7th December 1957 : A Charade By the Detainees Solicitor, Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew was retained as the detainees solicitor. Lee asked the Government at the Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting what right the Government had to prevent the detainees from seeing
Read more…7th December 1957 : A Charade By the Detainees Solicitor, Lee Kuan Yew