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Envoy slams Australian radio show for calling Singapore an ‘autocracy’
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A recent radio programme by Australia’s national broadcaster made several “baseless claims” about Singapore’s political system, Singapore’s High Commissioner to Australia, Anil Nayar, said on Tuesday. Nayar noted in his response that the programme’s host and several of his commentators called Singapore a “one-party state”, an “autocracy” and “verging now on a flawed democracy”. “They portrayed Singapore’s group representation constituencies (GRCs) – introduced to guarantee minority...