WHILE PRESIDENT Bush was in Singapore last month, Chee Soon Juan, a leading democracy campaigner, addressed an open letter to him. The letter asked Bush to press Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, on democracy, arguing that “a democratic and free Singapore will not only benefit the people of this city-state but also contribute to a more stable and prosperous Asia.”

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