POLICE TODAY REMOVED 216 PEOPLE - INCLUDING A BARISAN SOSIALIS ASSEMBLYMAN - FROM OUTSIDE THE STRIKE-BOUND ROBINSON'S DEPARTMENT STORE IN RAFFLES PLACE, TOOK THEM TO THE CENTRAL POLICE STATION IN 10 BLACK MARIAS AND RELEASED THEM ON BOND LATER IN THE DAY. THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT, IN A STATEMENT, ACCUSED TRADE UNION LEADERS, INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH MR LIM CHIN SIONG'S SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION OF TRADE UNION (SATU) OF "ATTEMPTING TO CONVERT AN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE INTO A POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE POLICE AND GOVERNMENT." THE UNION OFFICIAL IS MR FOO YONG FONG (LEFT), PRESIDENT OF THE SINGAPORE BUSINESS HOUSES EMPLOYEES UNION.
11/09/1961
PCD0180 - 087
T2002,13813
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