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Seelan (first on right) meeting up with friends after his
release. — with Teo Soh Lung, Tan Tee Seng, Seelan Palay, and Parthiban Manoharan [names provided by Teo Soh Lung].
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Who is Seelan Palay? By Martyn See.
Sept 2006 (IMF-World Bank Meetings): 21-year-old artist Seelan
Palay is arrested by police over a plan to distribute flyers ahead of the
IMF-World Bank meetings. Palay had earlier initiated an online campaign to
capture photos of "400 Frowns" in protest against government
policies.
Jan 2008: Artist Seelan Palay completes a solo five-day hunger
strike outside the Malaysian High Commission in protest against the Malaysian
Government's detention of five leaders of ethnic Indian group Hindraf. Wearing a placard
around his neck that said, "Give them fair trial," Palay was briefly
warned by police that he would be flouting the law. No arrest or charges were
filed.
May 2008: Five Singaporeans,
holding aloft a series of banners with messages such as "Censored News Is
No News" and "Newspapers and Printing Presses Act = Repression",
stand outside the Singapore Press Holdings building to mark World Press Freedom
Day. There were no reported arrests.
Jan 2009: Wearing red t-shirts
and holding a banner that read 'Stop ill-treatment of Burmese activists', two
protesters stood for an hour outside the Ministry of Manpower before being
handcuffed and escorted into police vehicles. The two were protesting against
the non-renewal of visas to some Myanmar expatriates, whom the Government said are "not welcomed in Singapore". The two Singaporeans, Seelan Palay
and Chong Kai Xiong, were investigated for the offence of criminal
trespass.
Oct 2017: Artist and activist
Seelan Palay marks his 32 years of age by holding a mirror in front of
Parliament House to highlight the long-term detention of Dr Chia Thye Poh from
1966 to 1998. He was arrested and released 24 hours later.
Video:
"We are still colonised in
Singapore, previously by white man, and now by men in white."
Seelan Palay on police
interrogations:
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| Arrest of Seelan Palay |
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