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        "id": 1065974,
        "msgid": "singapore-bans-political-videos-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-07-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "Singapore bans political videos",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Singapore bans political videos SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore yesterday banned the island's main opposition group from selling a political video ahead of general elections expected later this year, saying parties should not be sold like soap. \"The government is of the view that political videos are an undesirable medium for political debate in Singapore,\" the ministry of information and the arts said in announcing the ban on the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) video.",
        "content": "<p>Singapore bans political videos<\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore yesterday banned the island's main<br>\nopposition group from selling a political video ahead of general<br>\nelections expected later this year, saying parties should not be<br>\nsold like soap.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government is of the view that political videos are an<br>\nundesirable medium for political debate in Singapore,\" the<br>\nministry of information and the arts said in announcing the ban<br>\non the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) video.<\/p>\n<p>A ministry statement said the ban \"will apply to all political<br>\nparties and political videos.\"<\/p>\n<p>The SDP controls three of only four opposition seats in the<br>\n81-member parliament, dominated since 1959 by the ruling People's<br>\nAction Party (PAP) of longtime premier Lee Kuan Yew, now a senior<br>\ncabinet minister.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's totally absurd,\" SDP Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan<br>\ntold AFP after the ban was announced.<\/p>",
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