[scanned front & back covers of Mr. J B Jeyaetnam's first book:]

[scanned front & back covers of Mr. J B Jeyaetnam's latest book:]

[a little bibliography of Mr JBJ ]

Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam:

Date of Birth: January 5, 1926

Served as a judge in Singapore District Court (1952-1957)

Served with Attorney Generals' Chamber (1957-1961)

Served as The Registrar Of Singapore Supreme Court, District Judge and Head of Subordinate Judiciary (1961-1963)

A very senior lawyer in private practice (1964-2000)

Elected as member of Singapore Parliament in 1981, re-elected in 1984. He is the icon of Singaporeans' political struggle against Long Term Single Party Rule and Power Monopoly of Lee Kuan Yew family. Mr. Jeyaretnam is also the icon victim of Lee Kuan Yew's notorious style of bully & oppression.

Brief time line of J B Jeyeretnam's major political activities
1971 - Joined the Workers' Party in June and was elected on the same day as Secretary-General.
1972 - For his first time took part in General Election, at FARRER PARK constituency.
1976 - Again took part in General Election, at CHAI CHEE constituency. Came close to wining the seat for Worker's Party. PAP transferred the incumbent candidate, a Malay and brought in a Chinese candidate who campaigned that JBJ was not able to speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect, and Chinese voters would not be able to speak to him. Despite this campaign, JBJ obtained 43% of votes.
1976 - First defamation suit brought by Lee Kuan Yew over a speech made at a rally in the above General Election. LKY was awarded damages of $135,000-00 Legal costs came to over $300,000-00
1977 - Contested the then RADIN MAS constituency by-election.
1979 - Contested the then TELOK BLANGAH constituency by-election.
1980 - Contested the then TELOK BLANGAH constituency in General Election. Lost only by 500 votes.
1980 - Forced to sell his banglow property at Rebecca Road to pay for these LEE Dynasty lawsuits of 1976.
1981 - 31st October Elected to parliament in by-election of ANSON constituency. Becoming the FIRST Non-PAP member of parliament after 15 years of PAP unparliamentary monopoly.
1984 - Re-elected to parliament in General Election for ANSON constituency, with increased majority. The ruling PAP's share of national votes dropped by 12.5% after JBJ's 3 years in parliament.
1984-1986 - JBJ was prosecuted on criminal charges, found guilty by LEE Dynasty's court and sentenced to fines and 3 months imprisonment. Released in 1 month. Force to leave parliament in 1986, due to the $5,000-00 fines imposed on him, which disqualified him for parliament .
1988 - 2nd defamation suit brought by Lee Kuan Yew over questions asked at a rally. LKY was awarded damages of $260,000-00 Legal costs to over $500,000-00
1988 - Forced to sell his apartment property at Mount Sanai Rise to pay for 1988 lawsuits.
1988 - The Privy Council which was Singapore's highest court of appeal, said in it's judgment that Mr. Jeyaretnam was wrongly convicted on all the charges and that he had suffered a serious injustice.
1988-1993 - Prevented from taking part in 1988 General Election, as well as 1991 General Election due to above disqualification. The 1991 General Election was brought forward and held within 2 months of JBJ's 5 years disqualification period. LEE Dynasty also prevented The Privy Council to continue as Singapore's highest court of appeal, after Mr. JBJ's cases.
1995 - One new suit brought by S JAYAKUMAR and four PAP MPs Another suit brought by eleven Indian members of Tamil Language Week that they had organised. $200,000-00 awarded against JBJ and 12 other defendants for JAYAKUMAR $265,000-00 awarded against JBJ and 2 other defendeants for the eleven Indian members. Judgment enforced only against Mr. JBJ
1997 - Elected as Non-Constituency Member of Parliament from CHENG SAN GRC.
1997 - 7 suits brought by 11 PAP MPs including:- Lee Kuan Yew Lee Hsien Loong Goh Chok Tong plus other cabinet ministers and PAP MPs over a statement made at CHENG SAN election rally that Tang Liang Hong had filed a police report against these ministers and MPs. Only the suit by Goh Chok Tong was heard, and awarded $100,000-00 against Mr. JBJ costs $20 awarded, plus additional expense for JBJ's QC.
2001 - Adjudicated a bankrupt and forced to leave the parliament.
2001 till present - Still fighting back at LEE Dynasty!

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