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纪念林福寿医生逝世10周年

张素兰(“人民论坛”译}


以下是读者推荐 2022年6月4日 Function 8 的贴文(英中版):

IN MEMORY OF DR LIM HOCK SIEW
Teo Soh Lung

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the demise of Dr Lim Hock Siew, a victim of Operation Coldstore, 2nd February 1963.

Dr Lim Hock Siew knew that he was a target of arrest but he and his friends did not leave Singapore. He waited for the security police, their dogs and gurkhas to arrest him that dawn. He did not possess any weapon. All he had was his courage, expansive intellect and ability to write and speak as eloquently as Lee Kuan Yew. As a political rival and a true socialist, he could not be left free by Lee, the fake socialist. Lee had in his early years spoken loudly about socialism and fighting for the oppressed.

Dr Lim Hock Siew always viewed his arrest as political. He philosophically rationalised that in other countries, he may have been assassinated by his rivals. But he never thought that he would be imprisoned for more than eight years. Back then, he had in mind the Malayan journalist and nationalist, Ahmad Boestamam who was arrested and imprisoned by the British under the Emergency Regulations in 1948 and released after seven years.

Dr Lim Hock Siew's refusal to oblige Lee Kuan Yew with a “face saving statement” and his strong statement issued in 1972 through his lawyer, TT Rajah and released by his wife, Dr Beatrice Chen (Read The Fajar Generation, The University Socialist Club and the Politics of Postwar Malaya and Singapore) led to his continued incarceration by the cruel Lee Kuan Yew and his gang for a staggering 20 years.

Dr Lim Hock Siew told a gathering organised by Function 8 in 2011 that in prison, his plans were by the decades. If a prisoner thinks of release, he will not survive.

The sacrifices of those who were arrested and imprisoned under Operation Coldstore are enormous. Singaporeans should never forget the contributions of Dr Lim Hock Siew and his compatriots, Said Zahari, Ho Piow, Lee Tse Tong, Dr Poh Soo Kai and many others. They gave up their young families and successful professional careers for us. Their imprisonment without trial is a great loss to Singapore.

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Photos NAS - Dr Lim Hock Siew being arrested outside Queenstown Prison
after his technical habeas corpus success in 1967.


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Dr Lim Hock Siew emerging from his grand Mercedes in 2011 at a gathering organised by Function 8.

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Memorial booklet for Dr Lim Hock Siew in 2012.

纪念林福寿医生逝世10周年

张素兰(“人民论坛”译}

今天是林福寿医生逝世10周年的日子。林福寿医生是1963年2月2日代号《冷藏行动》大逮捕行动的受害者。

林福寿医生在代号《冷藏行动》大逮捕行动之前已经知道自己是被列入被逮捕的名单,但是,他与他的朋友并没有因此离开新加坡。他在家等待内部安全局人员、它们的狗腿子和辜尔加兵的到来逮捕。他被捕时并没有拥有任何的武器。他所拥有就是勇气、博大的智慧和李光耀一样具有雄辩的能力。作为一个在政治上的异议分子和真正的社会主义者,李光耀是不会让他获得自由的。李光耀早期(即50年代初期)高喊有关社会主义口号和为被压迫阶级,事实上,他是一个假冒的社会主义者。

林福寿医生始终坚持自己的被捕时具有政治动机的。他在哲学逻辑上合理化了这个问题。他认为,假设在其他国家,他可能已经被其政治对手谋杀了。但是,他从来就没有想过自己会被监禁超过8年。回顾当时的历史。在他的印象里,当时马来亚的一名记者兼民族主义者阿末波斯达曼在英殖民地时期,在1948年《紧急法令》下被英国殖民者监禁了7年吧了。

林福寿医生拒绝履行发表为李光耀‘挽回面子’的声明。于1972年,他通过其代表律师知知拉惹(T T RAJAH)发表一份措辞强烈的声明。这份声明由他的妻子陈宗孟医生(Dr Beatrice Chen)代为对外发表。(请查阅书籍《花惹时代》新加坡社会主义俱乐部及战后马来亚与新加坡的政治。)由于这份声明的对外发表,导致他被残酷的李光耀继续监禁长达20年。

2011年,人权组织《功能8》举行一个座谈会。林福寿医生出席了这个座谈会。他向与会者讲述了自己被监禁的情况。他已经准备被监禁数十年。他说,如果一名被捕者一直在想着自己会被释放,他将无法生存下来。

新加坡人民不会忘记林福寿医生以及他的同志们,赛查哈利、何标、李思东、傅树介和其他的政治被拘留者所做出的贡献。他们为了我们而牺牲了自己年轻时期的家庭以及自己的专业和事业。他们不经审讯下而被监禁,对新加坡人民来说是一个巨大的损失。那些在代号《冷藏行动》大逮捕行动中被捕者做出的牺牲是极其重大的。

照片说明:

1. 于1967年,林福寿医生申请人权保护成果后,在女皇镇监狱获得了技术上的释放;
2. 于2011林福寿医生从自己驾驶的汽车了走出来出席功能8举办的座谈会;
3. 纪念林福寿医生逝世出版的书籍。



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