MR TAN CHONG YONG (Refusal of entry into Singapore)

Mr Low Por Tuck asked the Minister for Home Affairs whether one Mr Tan Chong Yong, brother of Mr Tan Chong Meng of Sarawak, was refused permission to enter Singapore to study at Nanyang University to which he has already gained admission, and the, reasons therefor.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: Mr Speaker, Sir, Mr Tan Chong Yong arrived in Singapore from Sarawak on 8th February, 1962, and was issued with a Visit Pass valid till 10th February, 1962, to enable him to return to Sarawak. His entry into Singapore has been refused on security grounds, just as in the case of the restriction on the movements of his brother during his transit through Singapore recently after the Communist Front Conference on Malaysia held in Kuala Lumpur.

Mr David Marshall: Mr Speaker, Sir, I wonder if we could again have the last part of the reply.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: Mr Speaker, Sir, I shall repeat it for the benefit of the Member for Anson.

Mr Tan Chong Yong's entry into Singapore has been refused on security grounds, just as in the case of the restriction on the movements of his brother during his transit through Singapore recently after the Communist Front Conference on Malaysia held in Kuala Lumpur.

Mr David Marshall: If the Minister for Home Affairs is satisfied that the Malaysia Socialist Conference was a Communist front organisation, I being a member thereof would suggest that he should try and take me to Changi Gaol, Sir. And if he will not, would he explain, why not - including all other persons who went from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur? Telling me of a perfectly honest and honourable association -

Mr Speaker: Order. I think the hon. Member for Anson could have raised the point of order whether or not the Minister was in order in making an allegation of that nature in answer to the question. I would, of course, have ruled the Minister out of order. Mr Tee Kim Leng.