Secretary-General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan addresses the audience during a lunchtime rally at the central business district in Singapore September 7, 2015. Singaporeans will go to the polls on September 11. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Secretary-General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan addresses the audience during a lunchtime rally at the central business district in Singapore September 7, 2015. Singaporeans will go to the polls on September 11. REUTERS/Edgar Su TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Chee Soon Juan, the secretary-general of opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), signs autographs for supporters after the party lunch time election campaign rally at the central business district in Singapore May 5, 2011. Chee is unable to contest the current election as he has been made a bankrupt due to lawsuits brought against him. Singapore will hold a general election on May 7. REUTERS/Tan Shung Sin (SINGAPORE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party, speaks to the media after a news conference in Singapore April 21, 2011 to introduce candidates for the upcoming May 7 general election. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Chee Soon Juan (2nd L), Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the subordinate courts in Singapore October 23, 2008. Chee and some of his supporters are appearing in court to face charges of gathering without a permit for a protest they held near Singapore's parliament earlier this year. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the subordinate courts in Singapore October 23, 2008. Chee and some of his supporters are appearing in court to face charges of gathering without a permit for a protest they held near Singapore's parliament earlier this year. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, secretary general of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), speaks on the sidelines of a protest at "Speaker's Corner" in Singapore October 5, 2008. A group of about 60 people gathered at a park in Singapore on Sunday to protest against the censorship of a news article in a university newspaper about prominent opposition figure Chee. The people gathered at the city-state's Speaker's Corner park, where rules on public speaking and demonstrations were relaxed recently. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash. (SINGAPORE) 

Student Scott Teng (L) speaks to a small crowd during a protest at "Speaker's Corner" in Singapore October 5, 2008. A group of about 60 people gathered at a park in Singapore on Sunday to protest against the censorship of a news article in a university newspaper about prominent opposition figure Chee Soon Juan. The crowd gathered at the city-state's Speaker's Corner park, where rules on public speaking and demonstrations were recently relaxed. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash. (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan (R), Secretary General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), and his wife Huang Chih Mei (L) attend the funeral of veteran opposition politician J.B Jeyaretnam along with their daughter in Singapore October 4, 2008. Hundreds of Singaporeans attended the funeral of Jeyaretnam on Saturday, paying their last respects to a dogged advocate of Western-style rights in Singapore. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan (L), Secretary General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), cries as he and his wife, Huang Chih Mei, walk past the casket of Singapore veteran opposition politician J.B Jeyaretnam at his wake in Singapore September 30, 2008. Jeyaretnam died early on Tuesday after a heart failure, removing one of the most colourful and dogged characters from the country's often staid politics. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, Secretary General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), cries as he walks past the casket of Singapore veteran opposition politician J.B Jeyaretnam at his wake in Singapore September 30, 2008. Jeyaretnam died early on Tuesday after a heart failure, removing one of the most colourful and dogged characters from the country's often staid politics. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary General of the Singapore Democratic Party Chee Soon Juan (R) carries his son as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore June 4, 2008. Chee and his sister Chee Siok Chin began their 12 and 10 day sentences respectively on Monday, after being found guilty of being in contempt of court. Also walking with Chee is his wife Huang Chih Mei. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan carries his son as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore June 4, 2008. Chee and his sister Chee Siok Chin began their 12 and 10 day sentences respectively on Monday, after being found guilty of being in contempt of court. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary General of the Singapore Democratic Party Chee Soon Juan (3rd L) carries his son as he arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore June 4, 2008. Chee and his sister Chee Siok Chin (3rd R) began their 12 and 10 day sentences respectively on Monday, after being found guilty of being in contempt of court. Also walking with the Chees are Chee Soon Juan's wife Huang Chih Mei (L) and legal adviser M. Ravi (R). REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Founder of the Reform Party J.B. Jeyaretnam (L) walks out of the Supreme Court with legal adviser M. Ravi in Singapore June 2, 2008. Secretary General of the Singapore Democrat Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 12 days in jail on Monday, after the judge found his behaviour scandalous during a hearing involving the city-state's leaders. Jeyaretnam was acting for Chee in the hearing. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Founder of the Reform Party J.B. Jeyaretnam (L) walks out of the Supreme Court with legal adviser M. Ravi in Singapore June 2, 2008. Secretary General of the Singapore Democrat Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 12 days in jail on Monday, after the judge found his behaviour scandalous during a hearing involving the city-state's leaders. Jeyaretnam was acting for Chee in the hearing. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary General of the Singapore Democrat Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan (R) walks out of the supreme court with party member Gandhi Ambalam in Singapore June 2, 2008. Chee was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 12 days in jail on Monday, after the judge found his behaviour scandalous during a hearing involving the city-state's leaders. Chee's sister Chee Siok Chin was also sentenced to 10 days for the same offence. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary General of the Singapore Democrat Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan (R) walks out of the supreme court with party member Gandhi Ambalam in Singapore June 2, 2008. Chee was found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 12 days in jail on Monday, after the judge found his behaviour scandalous during a hearing involving the city-state's leaders. Chee's sister Chee Siok Chin was also sentenced to 10 days for the same offence. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Opposition figure Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the Supreme Court to face contempt of court charges in Singapore May 30, 2008. Chee was sentenced to five weeks in prison or must pay a S$5,000 ($3,700) fine for speaking in public without a permit. Chee has also been found guilty of defamation in cases filed by former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son, Lee Hsien Loong. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Members of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) pose in front of the Supreme Court while wearing T-shirts depicting a kangaroo in a judge's costume in Singapore May 26, 2008. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew are expected to ask for aggravated damages against the SDP, its Secretary General Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin, for articles in the party's newspaper in 2006 that were found to be defamatory. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan (2nd L) and his sister Chee Siok Chin (front R) arrive at the Supreme Court in Singapore May 26, 2008. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, are expected to ask for aggravated damages against the SDP and Chees for articles in the party's newspaper in 2006 that were found to be defamatory. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore May 26, 2008. Lee and his father, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, are expected to ask for aggravated damages against the Singapore Democratic Party and the party's Secretary General Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin, for articles in the party's newspaper in 2006 that were found to be defamatory. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Opposition figure Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore May 12, 2008. Chee arrived in court at the start of a hearing to determine the damages that Chee and the SDP must pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Lee's father, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, for libel. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Opposition figure Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the Supreme Court in Singapore May 12, 2008. Chee arrived in court at the start of a hearing to determine the damages that Chee and the SDP must pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Lee's father, former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, for libel. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

The Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan (L) speaks to a police officer inside a police van after being arrested during a protest in Singapore March 15, 2008. About 20 protesters gathered outside Singapore's parliament, and several were arrested as they attempted to march past a shopping mall. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Police arrest Chee Siok Chin (C), sister of Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan, during a protest outside the parliament in Singapore March 15, 2008. About 20 protesters gathered outside Singapore's parliament, and several were arrested as they attempted to march past a shopping mall. The slogan on the T-shirt reads "Can't handle it." REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan gestures while speaking to the media during a protest outside the parliament in Singapore March 15, 2008. About 20 protesters gathered outside Singapore's parliament, and several were arrested as they attempted to march past a shopping mall. The slogan on the T-shirt reads "Can't handle it." REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan (L) argues with a police officer during a protest in Singapore March 15, 2008. About 20 protesters gathered outside Singapore's parliament, and several were arrested as they attempted to march past a shopping mall. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan (R) speaks with its chairman Gandhi Ambalam during a candlelight vigil against the military crackdown in Myanmar, in front of the embassy of Myanmar in Singapore September 30, 2007. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan and his children wait for people to sign a petition outside the Myanmar embassy in Singapore September 30, 2007. The petition was against Singapore's investments in Myanmar and the crackdown on protests in military-ruled Myanmar. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore Democratic Party's (SDP) Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan and his children wait for people to sign a petition outside the Myanmar embassy in Singapore September 30, 2007. The petition was against Singapore's investments in Myanmar and the crackdown on protests in military-ruled Myanmar. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Gandhi Ambalam (C), a supporter of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), holds a copy of a book about SDP leader Chee Soon Juan for sale as shoppers walk by on Orchard Road in Singapore September 8, 2007. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan listens during his party's rally in Singapore May 3, 2006. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, are suing the party and eight of its leaders, including Chee, over articles in The New Democrat, the party's newspaper. The paper attacked the government for its handling of a high-profile scandal at the National Kidney Foundation. The lawsuit against Chee and the party's leadership comes as the wealthy city-state heads for a general election on May 6. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE 

Singapore Democratic Party Secretarty-General Chee Soon Juan speaks during a debate in Singapore April 13, 2007. Singapore has banned six members of the European Parliament from speaking at an opposition party debate on Friday on a big pay hike for ministers and civil servants. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Singapore Democratic Party Secretarty-General Chee Soon Juan speaks during a debate in Singapore April 13, 2007. Singapore has banned six members of the European Parliament from speaking at an opposition party debate on Friday on a big pay hike for ministers and civil servants. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Members of the European Parliament and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) look at a screen display during a speech by Singapore Democratic Party Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan (L) in Singapore April 13, 2007. The ALDE members are (3rd L-R) Ignasi Guardans of Spain, Graham Watson of Britain, Eugenijus Gentvilas of Lithuania and Fiona Hall of Britain. Also pictured are Chee's sister Chee Siok Chin (2nd L). Singapore has banned six members of the European Parliament from speaking at an opposition party debate on Friday on a big pay hike for ministers and civil servants. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Graham Watson (2nd L), a member of the European Parliament from Britain and the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), discusses with ALDE colleagues and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) officials after a news conference in Singapore April 13, 2007. Also pictured are Anders Samuelsen (L), a member of European Parliament from Denmark, SDP Secretary-General Chee Soon Juan (3rd L), and sister Chee Siok Chin (2nd R) and an unidentified ALDE official. Singapore has banned six members of the European Parliament from speaking at an opposition party debate on Friday on a big pay hike for ministers and civil servants. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the subordinate courts in Singapore February 26, 2007. Chee, a prominent
opposition politician, was fined S$4,000 on Monday for trying to leave the city-state last year without permission from the
government after he was declared bankrupt. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), arrives at the subordinate courts in Singapore February 26, 2007. Chee, a prominent
opposition politician, was fined S$4,000 on Monday for trying to leave the city-state last year without permission from the
government after he was declared bankrupt. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore February 26, 2007. Chee, a prominent
opposition politician, was fined S$4,000 on Monday for trying to leave the city-state last year without permission from the
government after he was declared bankrupt. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore February 5, 2007. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore February 5, 2007. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore January 31, 2007. Chee was charged with trying to leave Singapore without permission while bankrupt, according to local media. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore January 31, 2007. Chee was charged with trying to leave Singapore without permission while bankrupt, according to local media. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore January 31, 2007. Chee is charged with trying to leave Singapore without permission while bankrupt, according to local media. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan (L), leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and human rights lawyer M. Ravi (R) attend a vigil for Nigerian Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi outside Changi Prison in Singapore January 25, 2007. The 21-year-old Nigerian is set to be hanged for drug smuggling in Singapore on Friday morning, despite international protests and a last-minute hunger strike by Singaporean civil rights activists. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore January 10, 2007. Chee was charged with trying to leave Singapore without permission while bankrupt, according to local media. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore January 10, 2007. Chee was charged with trying to leave Singapore without permission while bankrupt, according to local media. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore January 10, 2007. Chee was charged with trying to leave Singapore without permission while bankrupt, according to local media. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan (R), leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), leaves the surbordinate courts with his sister Chee Siok Chin (L) and lawyer M. Ravi in Singapore January 9, 2007. Chee Soon Juan was charged with trying to leave Singapore without permission while bankrupt, according to local media. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan (R), leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), hugs lawyer M. Ravi after leaving Queenstown remand prison in Singapore December 16, 2006. Rights group Amnesty International has called on the Singapore government to stop using stringent laws and defamation suits to muzzle critics. The call comes as Chee ends on Saturday his five-week jail term for failing to pay a S$5,000 ($3,250) fine for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), takes a group photo with his family outside Queenstown remand prison in Singapore December 16, 2006. Rights group Amnesty International has called on the Singapore government to stop using stringent laws and defamation suits to muzzle critics. The call comes as Chee ends on Saturday his five-week jail term for failing to pay a S$5,000 ($3,250) fine for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), kisses his daughters after leaving Queenstown remand prison in Singapore December 16, 2006. Rights group Amnesty International has called on the Singapore government to stop using stringent laws and defamation suits to muzzle critics. The call comes as Chee ends on Saturday his five-week jail term for failing to pay a S$5,000 ($3,250) fine for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Soon Juan, leader of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), smiles as he leaves Queenstown remand prison in Singapore December 16, 2006. Rights group Amnesty International called on the Singapore government to stop using stringent laws and defamation suits to muzzle critics. The call comes as Chee ends on Saturday his five-week jail term for failing to pay a S$5,000 ($3,250) fine for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Siok Chin (R), sister of Singapore opposition politician and leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan, watches as SDP member Gandhi Ambalam (2nd R) speaks to a plainclothes police officer outside the Istana (Presidential Residence) in Singapore December 10, 2006. A group of rights activists in Singapore staged the country's first successful protest march in years on International Human Rights day on Sunday after marching to a prison where Chee Soon Juan is serving a five-week jail term over his failure to pay a S$5,000 fine ($3,236) for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Siok Chin, sister of Singapore opposition politician and leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan, waits in front of the Istana (Presidential Residence) in Singapore as a police officer watches, December 10, 2006. A group of rights activists in Singapore staged the country's first successful protest march in years on International Human Rights day on Sunday after marching to a prison where Chee Soon Juan is serving a five-week jail term over his failure to pay a S $5,000 fine ($3,236) for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Anyln Chee (Front R), daughter of Singapore opposition politician and leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan, holds out flyers for members of the public as she walks with other participants in a protest march in Singapore December 10, 2006. A group of rights activists in Singapore staged the country's first successful protest march in years on International Human Rights day on Sunday after marching to a prison where Chee Soon Juan is serving a five-week jail term over his failure to pay a S $5,000 fine ($3,236) for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Chee Siok Chin, sister of Singapore opposition politician and leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan, waits in front of the Istana (Presidential Residence) in Singapore as a police officer watches, December 10, 2006. A group of rights activists in Singapore staged the country's first successful protest march in years on International Human Rights day on Sunday after marching to a prison where Chee Soon Juan is serving a five-week jail term over his failure to pay a S $5,000 fine ($3,236) for illegally speaking in public before elections in May. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary-General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan leaves the subordinate courts in Singapore November 23, 2006. Chee appeared in a Singapore court on Thursday for speaking in public without a license in the run-up to the May elections. Chee will be sentenced in court later on Thursday.

REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE) 

Secretary-General of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Chee Soon Juan gestures outside the subordinate courts in Singapore November 23, 2006. Chee appeared in a Singapore court on Thursday for speaking in public without a license in the run-up to the May elections. Chee will be sentenced in court later on Thursday.

REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE)