Cops prevent free speech march

A SMALL group of Singaporean activists who have spent two days and nights on the sidewalk of a busy city intersection after being prevented from holding a protest march were distributing flyers yesterday to promote free speech. 

Encircled by two dozen police, the activists – who have numbered between six and ten – have camped out at a park in central Singapore since Saturday. Police had prevented them from marching to Parliament and then to the convention centre, where the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings are being held.