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Double standard

| Source: JP

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

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