Despicable FAP IBs Non-Stop Harassing Gilbert Goh's & Supporters' Families!

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

GILBERT GOH: COME YOUNGER SINGAPOREANS JOIN US AND PUSH FOR A BETTER SINGAPORE

Post date:
3 May 2014 - 11:48am








I always thought the first population white paper (PWP) protest held in February last year was the toughest event to organise but the recent 2nd labour day protest proved to be more difficult to organise than the first PWP.

There was the police warning a day before the event and I am sure many who intended to join us were scared away. What shocked me more was the use of the government's huge propaganda machine to grind us down. Are they afraid of us now?

Will they arrest me on the third knock I wondered? Am I prepared to be jailed because of the cause?

All these are hard questions which I have no ready answer now but I am very sure I won't give up easily because of the wide support our movement receives.

During our transport protest in February, a police inspector warned us not to burn the effigy of transport minister Mr Lui Tuck Yew an hour before the event. A day before the labour day protest, another inspector called me not to deface the poster of our PM and requested me to take down any statement that incited the crowd to do the same.

We have complied on all their requests and will remain law-abiding and co-operative.

Six days before the protest, someone also impersonated my FB account and the culprit was reported to the police. It was related to the Philippines Independence Celebration held in June at Orchard Road.

Our intense outcry against the Philippines Independence Celebration (PIC) also distracted us for a while but we thought that it was inter-related as all the current issues are directly linked to the population white paper.

There were certainly more heckling from PAP IBs this time round, more intense and more hurting and one of my volunteers even had her children photos splashed all over the internet one week before the event.

She was shakened up for a while and I am glad that she is made of sterner stuff. I was prepared for the worse frankly...as people have left us when the fire gets too hot previously.

We have lost many good volunteers because of such online antics previously and before people volunteer with us, we always try to prepare them for the worst but nothing can really cushion them from the adverse impact when it actually comes.

The shock, numbness and questioning will all come at once - is it worth it? You ask yourself.

Why not just be a ordinary silent Singaporean and enjoy the cushy salary and modern amenities here? Why fight against the giant, when the chances of winning are so slim and minute?

When IBs go after your family, they attack you at your weakest point as you feel bad for dragging your family into the fray. Your cause is your own personal quest but your family is innocent and when they are affected, you will seriously question the worth of your involvement.

When my daughter's photos were splashed all over the internet last year after the February event, my daughter was very mad and didn't talk to me for a while.

Of course, I felt bad and apoligised profusely to her for a while.

We have received threats before but take it as part of our occupational hazard. If we report everything to the police, they will be busy opening case files just for our movement.

Someone told me maybe the messaging this time is fiercer and darker so the authorities are pulling the brakes on us before it goes awry. The police ststement a day before the event is their most direct warning to us since we started organising protests three years ago.

We only posted up people's power posters almost daily this time round to try and unite our people together as a pure lethal force to be reckoned. The posters on our prime minister were taken down after the police warning though frankly we found nothing wrong with it.

If you can't burn effigy or deface a minister poster then there is a serious issue with freedom of speech and human rights here.

For the authorities to take notice of us, the attendance needs to be good and the messaging straightforward and focused. Though the attendance is somewhat lacking for this year's labour day protest compated to last year, we are thankful to know that we have a core support strength of at least 500 die-hard Singaporeans ready to come out despite the adverse publicity.

Singaporeans are not used to protest against the authorities due to decades of autocratic iron-fist rule but that does not mean we will remain like this forever.

Our people need to blend together as a force to be reckoned with as a divided population can be easily tamed and subdued.

Politicians can only do so much due to certain inherent constraints so activists are needed to fill in the gaps within our society.

I must confess our activism movement is still in its infancy stage now and more young people need to step up the game to push the movement forward.

However, last year's population white paper protest has given the movement a hard push and the way to go from now on can only be up...

Gilbert Goh
*Article first appeared on https://www.facebook.com/goh.gilbert...52830856363975


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