Template:Did you know nominations/Sedition Act (Singapore)


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The result was: promoted by Miyagawa (talk) 22:44, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

Sedition Act (Singapore)

 * ... that in 1966 two Members of the Singapore Parliament were convicted of sedition for claiming that the People's Action Party government was "plotting to murder" an opposition politician?


 * ALT1:... that Lee Kuan Yew was one of the lawyers acting for eight university students charged with sedition in 1954, before he became Prime Minister of Singapore?
 * Reviewed: Kadru.
 * Comment: This article was expanded from a sandbox version on 23 April 2015. The hook is referenced by footnotes 102 and 103, and the ALT1 hook by footnote 101.

5x expanded by Amanda Lim Wenying (talk), Bellyftw (talk), Lm.ong.2011 (talk), and Vilaivongse (talk). Nominated by Smuconlaw (talk) at 08:41, 26 April 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are reliably sourced and accepted in good faith and either hook could be used. The article is neutral, but it was not possible for me to assess whether any close-paraphrasing was involved because of lack of access to the sources. I accept Smuconlaw's statement that the credited students were involved. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:15, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Cwmhiraeth. The students' involvement can be seen from their edits which are archived at "Talk:Sedition Act (Singapore)/Smuconlaw version". — SMUconlaw (talk) 15:18, 24 May 2015 (UTC)