To: lee_hsien_loong@pmo.gov.sg
From: De Souza Jose Socrates
cc: sylvia@wp.sg, voices@mediacorp.com.sg, myp@sph.com.sg, viswa@strategicmoves.com.sg, dcm@singapore.mfa.gov.il

Dear Mr Lee,

I refer to the subject.

I was horrified when I flipped the pages of the Straits Times on 10 Sept 09 to read that one of my fellow Jewish brother was assualted by a muslim at the National Library considering that the attack was unprovoked.

Though a stiff sentence was imposed on the man, we should nevertheless still ask ourselves if it is sufficient and why this happened in the first place when S’pore prides itself to be one of the safest country in the world to live in? Is it because national education and it’s efforts are failing us like it did on attracting and encouraging people to serve society? I have also been a target of scorn by similar group save that I was short of getting assualted. I also feel unsafe and fear as I live among large groups of these people in my neighbourhood.

In view of the seriousness of the nature of this matter, I hope you can affirm Mr Viswa’s 18 Aug 09 parliamentary speech, especially to Jews that we can feel safe practising our religion here as we strive to live in peace and harmony with our fellow S’poreans, Thank you.

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