Tan Wah Piow - Justice after 40 Years?

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

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Originally Posted by Leongsam
This is one piece of history that I can personally vouch for because I was there on that fateful day. Tan Wah Piow took no part in any riot. The so called "riot" was staged by Phey Yew Kok's lap dogs and with the benefit of hindsight, we all know what sort of character he was.

Had the technology of today been available then, his innocence could easily have been proven. It was a different world in the mid 70s. Evidence was based on the spoken word in court and nothing else.

Tan served 9 months of a jail term and was then given just 3 days of freedom and told to report to an ARTILLERY unit despite the fact that he was a short stumpy guy that did not meet the usual arty criteria of physique.

He feared for his safety and escaped from the country 48 hours after his release never to return. Before he left, he actually appeared on campus to address a large crowd of well wishers. I remember the whole scene as if it had just happened yesterday.




Many of us here were in the University when all these happened....... we were all at the quadrangle, listening to speeches by Tan Wah Piow and the others......

Now we are gathered together again .... here in sammyboy's courtyard .......hehehe

As we felt the injustice then, we still feel it now........


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