in Vincent Cheng and his group", that he "did not believe Tan Wah Piow was in control," and that he regarded the detainees as nothing more than "do-gooders, who wanted to help the poor and dispossessed". According to Catholic priest Joachim Kang, who was present at the same meeting, Lee also dismissed Vincent Cheng and the others as "stupid novices" and called Tan Wah Piow a "simpleton". 30th anniversary silent protest, 2017 On 3 June 2017, 8 blindfolded protesters led by Jolovan Wham entered an MRT train holding up a book titled ''1987: Singapore's Marxist conspiracies 30 years on'' as part of a silent protest against Operation Spectrum. During the protest, Wham also pasted two sheets of A4 paper on an MRT train panel, for which he was charged on the count of vandalism in addition to charges for organising public assemblies without a permit. He was fined. See also Operation Coldstore Operation Lalang Notes References Francis T. Seow (1994), To Catch a Tartar: A Dissident in Lee Kuan Yew's Prison, (Monograph 42/Yale Southeast Asia Studies), . Michael D. Barr (2008), "Singapore's Catholic Social Activists", in Michael D. Barr and Carl A. Trocki, eds., Paths not taken: political pluralism in post-war Singapore, Singapore: NUS Press, . Michael D. Barr (2010), "Marxists in Singapore? Lee Kuan Yew's Campaign against Catholic Social Justice Activists in the 1980s", Critical Asian Studies, 43(3), 335–362. Teo Soh Lung (2010), "Beyond the Blue Gate: Recollections of a Political Prisoner", Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre, . External links Timeline of the "plot" Tang Fong Har's account of her arrest Vincent Cheng's speech at SDP's Pre-Election Rally in 2010 Part 1 and Part 2 Transcript of Francis Seow's interview with The Straits Times 'Marxist Conspiracy' anniversary remembered 15th Anniversary of May 21 ISA Arrests Geoffrey Robertson, "Torture: the human-rights answer" That We May Dream Again (Function 8 website) Political history of Singapore 1987 in Singapore Protests in Singapore Catholicism and far-left politics Anti-communism Anti-Marxism