JB Jeyaretnam

Politician (Workers' Party / Reform Party) Singapore

Born: 5th January 1926

Died: 30th September 2008

While living in Singapore, I had heard of JBJ, from the Workers' Party of Singapore and the first opposition party candidate to have won a seat in Singapore's Parliament.

One morning, while walking on Orchard Road I spotted him, along with a few supporters, selling his book "The Hatchet Man of Singapore", about Lee Kuan Yew and the Singapore political system. Priced at SGD $20, I stopped to take a look at the book and decided to buy it. I requested JBJ to sign it for me and got someone to take a picture with the camera I always carried in my back pack (yes - no camera on the cell phone then... and now too I rely on a proper camera!).

The book cover

Orchard Road, Singapore, 18th Jan 2006