Not one to shy away from controversial topics, veteran Singapore writer Robert Yeo wants to see more 'responsible criticism' | Singapore
Sunday, 10 Jan 2021 01:25 PM MYT Robert Yeo at his home on Dec 29, 2020. — TODAY pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. SINGAPORE, Jan 10 — Writer Robert Yeo’s play on political dissent, “One Year Back Home”, featuring a character who is politically detained after running for elections as an opposition candidate, was so controversial that the authorities refused to grant a licence to stage it. But that was in 1980, and Yeo was not the least surprised. “When I showed it to some theatre groups, they said ‘don’t touch it, your caree...
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