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Dr
Chee Soon Juan admitted to hospital
04 Dec
06
Singapore Democratic Party's secretary general, Dr Chee
Soon Juan was admitted to Changi General Hospital on 3 December
2006 whilst in prison.
The medical doctor at the
Queenstown Remand Prison had found traces of blood in Dr Chee's
urine. He had suffered from abdominal pains and his blood
pressure was also extremely low that evening.
His family
was allowed to visit him on Monday morning at about 10.30am. Dr
Chee informed his sister, Ms Chee Siok Chin that he had not eaten
since Sunday 26 November. This was due to the fact that he would
feel ill and throw up after his meals.
The doctor in
charge of the prison ward of the hospital told his family that
there was tenderness in Dr Chee's abdomen, but he could not
ascertain the reason for that. Dr Chee is also suffering from
dehydration.
Dr Chee looked tired and had lost weight. The
prison authorities said that he had lost approximately five
kilograms.
Ms Chee and Mrs Chee were met at the hospital
by the Superintendent of the Queenstown Remand and another senior
officer who were extremely concerned that he was not
eating.
During the brief visit, Dr Chee had asked if his
family could buy food from the hospital canteen. The
Superintendent, however, turned down the request as "cooked
food", other than that served in prison, is not allowed to
be brought to prisoners. They however, allowed the family to buy
him packets of bread, biscuits and beverages.
Although Dr
Chee is amenable to consuming hospital food, he said that he will
not eat food served to him in prison.
Ms Chee told the
prison authorities that she would bring him "non-cooked"
food and packet beverages and would hand it personally to Dr Chee
when he goes back to Queenstown Remand. This request is being
considered by the prisons.
Dr Chee also said that he will
respond to the Ministry of Home Affairs' statement that the SDP
press release, dated 28 November, "contains grave falsehoods
and serious allegations attacking the integrity of the Singapore
Prison Service."
Dr Chee Soon Juan is serving a
five-week sentence for flouting Singapore's stringent law of
speaking in public without a permit.
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