Lim Chin Siong

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Lim Chin Siong (28 February 1933 – 5 February 1996) was a Singaporean politician and union leader that was prominent during the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the co-founders of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), which has ruled the country continuously since independence. Lim also leveraged his popularity to galvanise numerous trade unions in support of the PAP during its formative years. At 22, Lim was the youngest Legislative Assemblyman to be elected during the 1955 general election. However, against the backdrop of the Cold War, his political career was cut short by two detentions without trial after he was accused of being a communist. His first detention occurred between 1956 and 1959 under the Labour Front government. The second occurred between 1963 and 1969 when he was arrested during Operation Coldstore and detained by the PAP government, a party he had formerly co-founded. Following a suicide attempt in prison, he was released in 1969 on the condition that he permanently...

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