SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's police surrounded an opposition politician for more than six hours to stop him from leading a protest march past the venue for the annual IMF-World Bank meetings on Saturday.
About 30 police surrounded Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the tiny Singapore Democratic Party, and six other activists, after Chee tried to lead the march from a downtown park to the Suntec convention centre where the meetings are being held.
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