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1987: Untracing The Conspiracy
2015 · Film · documentary · 54 min
Directed by Jason Soo
In 1987, the Singapore government, using the Internal Security Act, arrested 22 people in what was called "Operation Spectrum". These people were held indefinitely without trial, physically and mentally tortured, and coerced into admitting that they were guilty of a "Marxist conspiracy" on public television. In this film, ex-detainees share what they experienced during that time.
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Also a recent must-see documentary about Singapore repressive ruling party is Jason Soo's "1987: Untracing the Conspiracy"[1]
[1] http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/04/interview-jason-soo-director-1987-untracing-conspiracy/
"In 1987, 22 people were arrested under Singapore’s Internal Security Act (ISA) in a security exercise known as Operation Spectrum.
Accused of being involved in a Marxist conspiracy to establish a communist state, many detainees were tortured and then coerced into implicating themselves and their friends on public television."