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Name Longest Political Detainee
Category Government & Society - Government
Data Info 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 six months and subsequently placed under internal exile for another nine years when his movement was confined to the island of Sentosa. Chia was a former MP for Jurong constituency and a former member of the now defunct Barisan Sosialis.
 
 
     
 
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