In the last three decades, every year without fail, Amnesty International has been highlighting the persecution of conscientious objectors to military service in their annual report on Singapore. Has the local media ever made even a passin
g mention of that news? Singapore’s close defense partner Taiwan has been steadily reducing its conscription term in the last decade from 3 years to 4 months by next year. Why do the Singapore media not pay any attention to such developments?