366 detained without trial in last 5 years

http://www.yawningbread.org/arch_2009/yax-984.htm

Excerpts:

What is this beast called the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act? It's a very strange animal indeed, as you might have suspected from the fact that the word "temporary" is there in its name.

What the Singapore government must surely love is the catch-all Section 30, which allows the minister to detain any person "associated" with criminal activities. What is meant by "associated" is not defined.

The President may quash the order, amend the order, or prolong the detention.

Let me be blunt: It's a process fit only for banana republics.