I assure Singaporeans that although the Myanmar people working and living in Singapore are affected by the situation back home, they would not do anything which could result in a law-and-order problem here. Hence, I am upset that Dr Chee Soon Juan, an opposition politician of the Singapore Democratic Party, exploited the situation in Myanmar by collecting signatures for a petition from innocent people who did not know that the petition was also directed at the Singapore Government.

Dr Chee's action is unlawful and the Myanmar people in Singapore should not support his cause as the Prime Minister of Singapore had been doing his share in helping to resolve the problem in Myanmar.

I strongly urge the Myanmar people to use legal means to express concern for their countrymen by signing the petition book at Dandaryi, on the fourth level of Peninsula Plaza.

M. M. Aung