Tang Fong Har

Who is Tang Fong Har?

Tang Fong Har, a lawyer, was detained on 20 June 1987 by the government of Singapore during Operation Spectrum under the Internal Security Act. Her detention was speculated by many as a mean to crush political dissidents. In her letter, she states that she was physically abused, kept incommunicado and forced to admit guilt of subversion of state. Many deem her work in the Law Society of Singapore which opposed amendments to the Newspapers and Printing Presses Act and the Legal Profession Bill in 1986 as a reason for her detention. She was later released on 12 September 1987.

Tang accused SK Tan violently attacked her during interrogation. SK Tan is rumored to be a current senior executive of Singapore Press Holdings.

Tang is wanted by the Singapore Police for having breached a condition under a special suspension direction when she failed to return to Singapore after she was granted permission to visit United Kingdom and Hong Kong between 7 March 1988 to 7 April 1988.

On October 8, 2011, Tang with exiled political dissident Francis Seow publicly addressed a Singapore Democratic Party forum from abroad via teleconferencing. In the address they advocated abolishing the Internal Security Act. Singapore Police were investigating the legality of the event the following day.