In a space of a month, Singapore authorities caused a major uproar when they banned a film of an ex-political prisoner and arrested a British author who wrote a book about the death penalty in Singapore. 
Katika kipindi cha mwezi hivi, mamlaka za Singapore zimesababisha kelele kubwa baada ya kupiga marufuku filamu ya aliyewahi kuwa mfungwa wa kisiasa na kumkamata mtunzi Mwingereza wa kitabu kilichoandiaka kuhusu adhabu ya kifo nchini humo.