Detention of Chia Thye Poh

Date: October 30, 1966 • Location: Rome, Italy

Singaporean leftist opposition leader Chia Thye Poh was detained under the Internal Security Act, which allows for preventive detention, and held for 32 years.

Chia Thye Poh is a Singaporean former politician who was the de facto Leader of the Opposition in 1966. He was the Legislative Assemblyman and later Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong Constituency from 1963 to 1966.