FREE AMOS
I must confess, dear friends, I have just return
From a Free Amos rally at the Hong Lim Park
It’s my very first attendance at a protest meeting
For the first time, I willed myself to show my face
Friends, don’t mistake my intention
I am not for Amos, but
I am against state bullying of a 16 year old boy
What he did was clearly wrong and he deserved
To be chastised as befitting an errant enfant terrible
After being shackled and manacled in court and
Behind bars for almost two months, it is enough
Anything more such as forcing him to undergo
A compulsory Mandatory Treatment programme
At a Mental Hospital is akin to mental torture
It is also vindictive and an abuse of the legal process
I take no joy in employing such harsh words
But someone has to say it, and say it clearly
Source: Ismail Kassim
