Double standard

Double standard

Will someone please explain why a U.S. president pleading with
the Singaporean government for clemency over a caning sentence
for an American is considered Western imperialist intervention.
On the other hand, a veiled diplomatic threat wielded by
Indonesia in order to stop a non-governmental body from holding a
legal meeting in the Philippines is "just friendly advice?"

LAURIE PIERCE

Bogor, West Java