Yesterday, I met and talked to Dr. Lim Hock Siew from Singapore at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Lim, 76, was once detained in Singapore by the People's Action Party (PAP) government of Lee Kuan Yew without charge or trial for almost 20 years from 1963 to 1982. For a fuller version of his side of story on the 1963 Operation Cold Store and more nuanced history of Singapore, please follow malaysiakini.

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