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Lee Kin Mun (mrbrown) on 4 September 2005.

Lee Kin Mun (Chinese: 李健敏; pinyin: Lǐ Jiànmǐn), better known as mrbrown, is a Singaporean blogger best known for publishing social and political commentary amid Singapore's tight media restrictions. His podcast attracts some 20,000 downloads per day.[1] In 2007, Lee was the only Singaporean to make it to the annual list of Top 20 Asian Progressives in World Business Magazine.[citation needed]

Education

Lee was educated in Anglo-Chinese School[2] and Hwa Chong Junior College.[3]

Blog

mrbrown was one of the earliest Singaporean bloggers having started blogging in 1997.[4] He was also known as the "blogfather" of Singapore.[4]

Shows

Censorship

See also: Censorship in Singapore and OB marker

On 30 June 2006, Lee wrote an article, titled "S'poreans are fed, up with progress!", for his weekly opinion column in the newspaper Today about the rising costs of living in Singapore.[6] Three days later, on 3 July, an official from the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) published a reply in the same newspaper calling Lee a "partisan player" whose views "distort the truth".[7] On 6 July, the newspaper suspended his column.[1] Lee subsequently resigned from his own column.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong responded to the unhappiness that resulted from MICA's handling of the incident. He stated that "mrbrown had hit out wildly at the Government and in a very mocking tone",[1] and that the government had to respond to such criticisms lest they be taken by the public as true. He also stated that national issues should not be debated in such a fashion (referring to Lee's article). The prime minister maintained that Singapore was an open society.[8]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c Geert De Clercq (20 December 2006). "Politics is no laughing matter in Singapore". Reuters.
  2. ^ "Tea With the SLG - How Now, Brown Cow?". v1.lawgazette.com.sg. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ^ "10 prominent Singaporeans who graduated from Hwa Chong Junior College". The Straits Times. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Aim, Sinpeng; Tapsell, Ross, eds. (2021). From grassroots activism to disinformation : social media in Southeast Asia. Singapore. p. 169. ISBN 978-981-4951-03-6. OCLC 1224019489.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Chia, Adeline (1 April 2007). "JEST FUNNY, LOR". The Straits Times. pp. L8.
  6. ^ mr brown (30 June 2006). "S'poreans are fed, up with progress!" (reprint). Today.
  7. ^ "Letter from MICA: Distorting the truth, mr brown?" (reprint). Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts, Singapore. 3 July 2006.
  8. ^ Lynn Lee (21 August 2006). "Govt had to deal with mrbrown's criticisms: PM". The Straits Times.

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