Fears over Singapore Yale-NUS College’s course on dissent ‘not unfounded’: minister

Singaporean universities should not be “misused” for partisan politics, education minister Ong Ye Kung on Monday said as the government addressed the controversy over a course on dissent and disobedience at the city state’s Yale-NUS College that was axed at the eleventh hour.Speaking in parliament, Ong took aim at several vocal critics of his ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) who were meant to have featured as speakers in the course, including the module’s convening instructor, well-known…