Actor Neo Swee Lin appeals to PM Lee and other PAP leaders to not vilify Chee

Highly acclaimed actor Neo Swee Lin was a guest speaker at the Singapore Democratic Party's rally in Bukit Batok today (3 May). At the rally she appealed to PM Lee Hsien Loong, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob and Culture Minister Grace Fu to conduct the campaign for the by-election in a dignified manner. She said: "We are a group of Singaporeans who have been following the progress of the Bukit Batok by-election. We would like to categorically state that we do not condone the personal attacks and character assassinations made by the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu against Dr Chee Soon Juan of the SDP. We are deeply saddened in the manner in which the campaign is run - having deteriorated to the level that undermines our Singaporean values. We should re-assess...if people who have been entrusted with power and leadership should perpetuate such unbecoming behaviour. We want an election campaign which addresses the pertinent issues of Singaporeans, rather than one which is marred by, primarily by the vilification of any one person. This letter is signed by 30 people...people from all walks of life who simply want a fair election campaign." The appeal to the Prime Minister signed by 30 prominent individuals said: "We are a group of Singaporeans who have been following the progress of the current Bukit Batok by-elections. We would like to categorically state that we do not condone the personal attacks and character assassination made by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob, and Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu, against Dr Chee Soon Juan of the SDP. We are deeply saddened at the manner in which the campaign is run, having deteriorated to a level that undermines our Singaporean values. It is indeed a sad state of affairs when people who have been entrusted with positions of power and leadership perpetuate such unbecoming behaviour. We want an election campaign that addresses the pertinent issues facing Singaporeans, rather than one that is marred primarily by the vilification of anyone's person." The individuals signing the appeal are: 1. Alfian Sa'at 2. Alfred Dodwell 3. Andrew Loh 4. Ariffin Sha 5. Braema Mathi 6. Dana Lam 7. Fong Hoe Fang 8. Glen Goei 9. Goh Ming Siu 10. Howard Lee 11. Jasmine Teo 12. Jeanne Lim 13. Kevin Ho 14. Lee Hui Min 15. Leona Yuen 16. Leslie Low 17. Lim Kay Siu 18. Lynn Lee 19. M. Ravi 20. Neo Swee Lin 21. Peter Low 22. Pingjin Thum 23. Rachel Zeng 24. Ravi Philemon 25. Siew Kum Hong 26. T. Sasitharan 27. Tay Bee Pin 28. Terry Xu 29. Vanessa Ho 30. Vivian Wang 31. Yeng Pway Ngon Members of the public may sign the appeal to the Prime Minister at this link: http://chn.ge/1rtlg38.  At the time of writing this report over 800 individuals have signed the appeal to PM Lee.