The dispute over the the letter by Archbishop Nicholas Chia to Function8 (F8) over the 1987 Internal Security Act (ISA) detentions raises serious questions about the PAP Government's involvement.
Whether the Archbishop had given the letter to F8 in support of the detainees' efforts to clear their names and to call for the abolition of the ISA, and why he subsequently withdrew it, is not of importance as far as the country is concerned. It is a matter for the Church and F8 to resolve.
What is important is that after the letter was issued, the Government intervened with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affiars (MHA) Teo Chee Hean summoning the Archbishop for a lunch meeting, a meeting which the MHA has not denied. Full story
