Chia Thye Poh
Chia Thye Poh | |
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谢太宝 | |
Chia in the 1960s | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 1 January 1966 – 7 October 1966 | |
| Prime Minister | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Preceded by | Lim Huan Boon |
| Succeeded by | J. B. Jeyaretnam |
| Leader of the Barisan Sosialis | |
| In office 1961 – October 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Siew Choh |
| Succeeded by | Lee Siew Choh |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Jurong | |
| In office 21 September 1963 – 7 October 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Chor Yeok Eng |
| Succeeded by | Ho Kah Leong |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Singapore | |
| In office 2 November 1963 – 9 August 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1941 (age 84–85) |
| Party | Barisan Sosialis (1961–1966) |
| Alma mater | Nanyang University Institute of Social Studies |
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| Traditional Chinese | 謝太寶 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢太宝 | ||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Chiā Thài-pó | ||||||||||
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Chia Thye Poh (born 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who was the de facto Leader of the Opposition in 1966. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong from 1963 to 1966.
Accused of engaging in pro-communist activity and of seeking to foment a communist revolution, he was held without trial for 23 years from 1966 to 1989. Following this, he was subjected to a further nine years of restrictions amounting to house arrest, first on the island of Sentosa and subsequently under stringent curbs upon his residence, employment, travel and political expression. These conditions were lifted in 1998.
Before his detention, Chia had been a teacher, a lecturer in physics, a socialist political activist and a sitting Member of Parliament. After his release from formal restrictions, he pursued studies at the doctoral level and later worked as an interpreter.