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A professor at law school NUS is different from an ordinary blogger. The vast majority of the legal fraternity is trained there. That is also why they send Tommy Koh and Walter Woon away as ambassadors - so they can't sow the seeds of future trouble by getting young minds to be infatuated with such ideals as freedom of speech, right of assembly, rule of law, blah, blah, blah. Also, the professor gives lectures in places like Hong Kong, criticising Singapore's legal system in the process, makes PAP lose face and standing in the international community, especially since he will be introduced at the lecture as a distinguished professor from Singapore's top law school. Wow, a professor from SG's top law school criticising SG's legal system - more impact then a mere journalist like Alan Shadrake. First world universities will think twice about setting up branch campuses in SG - notice Yale is already having trouble explaining to its stakeholders the decision to have a branch campus in SG with no right to hold student protests.