The session started, with me leading three cheers. In the beginning, to get people to come together there was also a photo-shoot, and the speeches went on. Last month, Mr Gomez was called in for questioning, as was Kevin Liew, the Open Singapore Centre's programme co-ordinator. In a strongly worded release, the Singapore Police Force pointed out the rules governing Speakers' Corner were unchanged since its inception, and people were warned not to try turn it into something more inclusive than Mr Goh had envisaged. It is not to be used as a venue to stage a demonstration or march without a permit, or otherwise to engage in disorderly behaviour.
Police treat such actions as indicative of a demonstration or of disorderly behaviour.
His impulse also runs beyond what they are willing to tolerate. There was no word this week on whether the pair would be charged, or whether police were satisfied that Singaporeans now understand where the boundary between the permissible and illegal is drawn at the park. They can do whatever they want.