李玮玲为李光耀的辩护：父亲从未限制过言论自由

新加坡眼按：李光耀女儿李玮玲对纪念李光耀一事有不同意见，但是本地报章没有发表她的文章。她决定不再给海峡时报写稿，理由是报纸不够“言论自由”。针对不少网友说新加坡并不“言论自由”，也许正因为其父亲李光耀所致。李玮玲在facebook个人主面上澄清：父亲李光耀从来不曾限制过正确的言论或讨论，只是对付诽谤不会手软。

李玮玲原文中译

当张业成的《言论自由的边界》出版时，记者Janadas 曾经和我抱怨过，说张业成很狡猾，因为他请求我父亲为他的书写前言，之后却在书中批判我的父亲。我没读过这本书，但是我屡次和父亲提起Janadas的话，父亲只是耸耸肩，不作回答。几周前，当我在整理父亲书柜时，发现了这本书，就读了一番。书中的内容都是真实的记叙，没有任何批判的意图。我把这件事告诉了一个作为行动党干部的朋友，他说当时的总理李显龙曾经打电话批评张业成。听到这件事后，我立马打电话给张业成告诉他，父亲并没有在意Janadas的评论，他当时只耸了耸肩而已。业成说，玮琳，你的爸爸没有把它当回事。然后我继续和业成说，我听说李显龙有批评你，业成说，不是批评，他只是想指出一些问题，我已经解释给显龙听，我没有攻击你的父亲，是在维护你的父亲。对于那些批判我父亲限制言论自由的人，你们错了。如果你们的陈述是正确的，那么罢了。但如果你们是诽谤，我一定会在法庭上，为我的名誉所辩护。 

李玮玲英文原文

When Cheong Yip Seng’s book, “OB Markers” was published, Janadas Devon complained to me that Cheong was sly, that he asked my father to write a foreword, then criticized my father in the book. i had not read the book, but repeated what Janadas told me to my father. Pa merely shrugged his shoulders. A few weeks ago, I found the book as I was looking through Pa’s book shelves, and read it. it was all factual narratives, I did not think there was any attempt to criticize. Pa does not worry about factual comments of him. I mentioned this to a friend who is a PAP cadre. He told me Hsien Loong, who was by then PM, had called up Cheong to scold him. On the spur of the moment, I phoned Cheong to tell him that father was not bothered by Janadas’ accusations his only response was a shrug. Cheong said, “Wei Ling, your father is to big for this.” I went on to tell Cheong that I was told that Hsien Loong had called him up to scold him. Cheong said, “not scold. He wanted to point out some issues. I tried to explain to Hsien Loong that I was defending your father, NOT attacking him.”

For the cynics who complain that Pa restricted freedom of speech, you are wrong. If your statement is accurate, fine. If it is slander, l will have to defend my reputation in court.

本次文稿特邀乐尚雅思老师急就翻译。特此感谢。关于前天那篇李玮玲谈论对公众是否应该高调纪念李光耀的文章，可以点击页底”阅读原文“（抱歉没有翻译完。你看完评论就明白有些网友并不希望翻译完，虽然很多网友希望能译出全文）

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