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tang fong har
 tang fong har
tang fong har

tang fong har , is a lawyer who 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 means 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 .
it is speculated that her opposition to the `` newspapers and printing presses act and the legal profession -lrb- amendment -rrb- bill '' during her time at the law society of singapore in 1986 was the reason for her detention .
she was later released on 12 september 1987 .
tang has accused officer sk tan of assaulting her during her interrogation and indefinite detention by the internal security department .
tang is currently 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 teleconference .
in the address they advocated abolishing the internal security act -lrb- isa -rrb- .
singapore police were investigating the legality of the event the following day .
tang fong har currently resides in hong kong .
