以下是读者推荐 2022年5月27日 Function 8 的贴文（英中版）：
Dr Poh Soo Kai Read At The Launch of Said Zahari's
Poems from Prison / Puisi dari Penjara
Dr Poh Soo Kai
The following message is from Dr Poh Soo Kai. It was read at the launch of Said Zahari's Poems from Prison/Puisi dari Penjara at TACS:
Said Zahari's place in the history of Singapore and Malaysia is rooted in two related fields—journalism and politics. In Singapore, he is best known as one of the longest-serving political prisoners who was arrested in Operation Coldstore in 1963, and was released only in 1979. In Malaysia, he is honoured as one of the most revered Malay-language journalists for his acumen, and for his refusal to succumb to the lures offered by those in power.
Said joined the Singapore-based Utusan Melayu as a journalist in 1951 at the age of 28. In 1955, he was sent to Kuala Lumpur to set up Utusan's office there. He covered the historical Baling Peace Talks conducted between the Communist Party of Malaya led by Chin Peng on the one side, and on the other, Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya Tunku Abdul Rahman, and David Marshall, Chief Minister of the Crown Colony of Singapore. When the talks collapsed, Said asked Tunku if he was disappointed. To his surprise, the Tunku replied that he had wanted the talk to fail. It was a big news scoop. Said wrote about it but it was banned from publication at the time. He finally managed to put it on record in his memoir.
When Utusan Melayu, a mainstream Malay newspaper, moved from Singapore to Kulala Lumpur in 1958 and became the national paper, Said Zahari was its news editor together with Rahim Ishak. The chief editor was Yusof Ishak, later made Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore in 1959. The position of chief editor then fell vacant. Between Said and Rahim (Yusof's younger brother), Lee Kuan Yew, acting for the paper, chose Said to be Utusan's chief editor.
Shortly after that, Said was surprised that all doors to the government offices in KL were closed to him. Upon inquiry, he found out that the reason was that Kuan Yew had told UMNO that Said was his man in KL. Said protested and pointed out that he was not even a PAP member. The officials in KL believed Said and threw open their doors to him again.
In 1961, UMNO wanted to control the editorial policy of Utusan. Said and the editorial board were for maintaining an independent position. This led to the historic Utusan strike, which was supported wholeheartedly by all, including the non-editorial staff. But they could not win. Tunku was given an unlimited overdraft to quell the strike via UMBC (United Malayan Banking Corporation).
Said went to Singapore to raise funds to support the strike among the progressive labour and trade unions there. He was contacted by Devan Nair of the PAP, proffering support. Said thanked him and told Devan to meet him on the picket line at the Utusan office at Robinson Road. Devan never turned up. And that was the last time Said set sight on Devan.
These are some of my fond memories of my comrade Said Zahari – unflinching in his resolve in the anti-colonial struggle of Malaya and Singapore to give birth to a democratic and people-centric new nation.
Said wrote poems while in prison and his memoirs in later years after regaining his freedom.
May the memory of his struggle and sacrifices live on through his works and continue to inspire generations to come.
傅树介医生在《赛·查哈利狱中诗集》
发行会上的讲话
傅树介医生（“人民论坛”译｝
本篇文章是傅树介医生在《赛·查哈利狱中诗集》发布会上宣读的。全文如下：
赛·查哈利在新加坡和马来西亚的历史地位是根植于两个方面——新闻工作与政治。在新加坡，他是一名被长期监禁的政治犯。他是于1963年在代号“冷藏行动”大逮捕下被捕的，于1979年被释放。在马来西亚，他因具有敏锐的观察力被尊为最受尊敬的马来语新闻工作者。他拒绝屈服当权者提供的任何诱惑。
1951年，年纪28岁的赛·查哈利担任了新加坡马来前锋报的记者。1955年，他被报馆委派到吉隆坡设立马来前锋报吉隆坡办事处。在这期间，他杰出的报导了当时以首相东姑阿都拉曼马来亚联合邦政府和代表英国殖民者，时任新加坡首席部长的马绍尔为一方与以马共总书记陈平领导的马来亚共产党为另一方举行的著名的‘华玲会谈’的历史性新闻。
当‘华玲会谈’谈判破裂后，赛·查哈利问东姑是否会为此感到失望。令赛·查哈利感到惊讶的是，东姑的回答说，他就是希望会谈失败。东姑的回答立即成为新闻头条。他撰写在报章上。当时当局禁止刊登这则新闻。为此，他最终只能把这则新闻纪录在自己的回忆录。
马来前锋报成为马来社群一份主要媒体报章后，于1958年前把总部迁往吉隆坡，而成为了马来亚联合邦全国性报章。赛·查哈利和拉欣依萨成为这份全国性报章的新编辑。当时的主编是友索夫依萨。1959年，友索夫依萨后来成为了新加坡最高元首。主编的位置就一直悬空。李光耀在赛·查哈利与友索夫依萨的弟弟拉欣依萨之间选择了赛·查哈利接任该报的主编位置。
赛·查哈利在接任主编工作后才惊讶的发现，吉隆坡当局拒绝了他。经过查询，他终于知道，李光耀是要告诉吉隆坡，赛·查哈利是他安插吉隆坡的人。赛·查哈利向吉隆坡当局提出抗议，自己根本就不是行动党的党员。吉隆坡方面相信了赛·查哈利的话。赛·查哈利在吉隆坡采访新闻的工作得以顺利进行。
从1961年开始，马来亚巫统要控制马来前锋报的编辑政策，赛·查哈利及其编辑部的同事反对吉隆坡的控制政策，坚持报章编辑的独立自主性。由于这样导致了马来前锋报编辑部展开的罢工抗议行动。这项罢工抗议行动党获得了全力支持，包括了非编辑部的同事。但是，罢工行动最终仍然是失败。东姑通过马来亚银行予以无限权力（即终止从财政上支持马来前锋报）以平息这场罢工行动。
赛·查哈利被迫到新加坡寻求进步的工运组织和职工会进行筹措资金。他联系了行动党的帝凡那寻求支持。赛·查哈利感谢他。他告诉帝凡那在罗敏申路马来前锋报报馆的罢工现场与他见面。帝凡那没有如约赴会。帝凡那的失约，让赛·查哈利最终看清的他的真面目。
以上是我对赛·查哈利统治的一些美好的回忆——他具有为争取新加坡和马来亚实现民主及以最终以人民的利益为主的反殖运动的坚定不移的信心。
期望他一生的斗争与牺牲精神永续鼓舞着年轻的一代继续前进。