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Logest Political Detainee |
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Government & Society - Home Team |
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Chia Thye Poh, was the longest serving political detainee in Singapore. Detained under the Internal Security Act in 1966 he was imprisoned for 22 years and 6 months and subsequently placed under internal exile for another 9 years when his movement was confined to the island of Sentosa. Chia was a former MP and a former member of the now defunct Barisan Sosialis. |
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