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===Oppression of political opponents === {{anchor | Oppression }} One commonly cited reason for a lack of a strong opposition in Singapore is the use of defamation lawsuits by the PAP to bankrupt political opponents and disqualify them from running for office when accusations were made against PAP politicians.<ref name="Diplomat">{{Cite web |last=Andrews |first=Sally |title='Soft' Repression: The Struggle for Democracy in Singapore |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/02/soft-repression-the-struggle-for-democracy-in-singapore/ |access-date=5 November 2017 |website=The Diplomat }}</ref><ref name="SEAPA">{{Cite news |last=Foong Lian |first=Hah |date=12 May 2010 |title=Defeating rivals through defamation lawsuits - SEAPA β Southeast Asian Press Alliance |work=seapa.org |url=https://www.seapa.org/defeating-rivals-through-defamation-lawsuits/ |url-status=dead |access-date=5 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030330/https://www.seapa.org/defeating-rivals-through-defamation-lawsuits/ |archive-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> Cases include former leader of the WP [[J. B. Jeyaretnam]] and leader of the [[Singapore Democratic Party]] (SDP) [[Chee Soon Juan]], who were bankrupted in 2001 and 2011 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Strategy and Ethnic Politics in Singapore |url=http://www.tfd.org.tw/docs/dj0401/135-154-Joel%20S.%20Fetzer.pdf |access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chee |first=Soon Juan |title=Singapore is taking the first steps to true democracy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/10/singapore-election-democracy-new-media |access-date=18 January 2015 |website=The Guardian|date=10 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=David A. Andelman Special to the New York |date=1977-04-09 |title=Singapore Pushing a Stern Drive To Silence Critics and Dissidents |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/09/archives/singapore-pushing-a-stern-drive-to-silence-critics-and-dissidents.html |access-date=2017-09-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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