Iris Koh Writing a Book That Relates Her Experience in Police Remand

On this week’s update of what Iris Koh has been up to…

The founder of the anti-vaccine group Healing the Divide has announced on Facebook on 11 Feb that she will be writing a book detailing how she survived the 15 days in police remand.

It sounds as much of a tale of a survivor as it gets, since Koh has already named the book “Into the Lion’s Den”.

The artistic usage of an idiom and link to Singapore’s national symbol is appreciated, but the content of the book… Not so much.

The Contents of the Book

In her Facebook post, she states, “The book will document what I went through and how ordinary citizens can be educated about their rights while in remand when they face police officers for investigations etc. I believe it will be an important document for those fighting for Social Justice in Singapore.

“If anything were to happen to me, this book can be released immediately or once when everything is over/settled.”

First and foremost, I would like to ask which publisher dares to let her publish a physical copy of this book?

I’m just asking for a friend, because it’s not like censorship is a thing in Singapore, they just like to be selective about the things that are allowed to be published.

Secondly, if she’s not going through publishing houses and directly posting an epub or pdf version of her written book online, will she be monetising the book, or will it be released for free?

If it’s the latter, please do provide links on where it can be found.

It will be interesting to read her point of view during the first seven days; if the police perceived it as Iris Koh refusing to cooperate during the remand and thereby extending it into the Chinese New Year, how did Iris Joh feel then, besides being treated less than human at times, like during her stay in the Singapore General Hospital?

As to whether Koh’s experiences and methods of refusal to cooperate with the local authorities will benefit the social justice advocates in the country, I suppose that will vary from reader to reader, and how much they are willing to accept and use.

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What Koh Wishes to Achieve

In her last few paragraphs, Koh continues to reiterate that she is “fighting for the medical freedom of Singapore” where she believes that people shouldn’t be discriminated against because of their vaccinations status.

“This work is for God, for all the citizens regardless of vaccination statues, and for all the children and all the unborn children in the world.

“God is with us and justice will prevail. I have faith in the good police and good judges of our country.”

Towards these statements, I can only say I understand the wariness towards the vaccination, but those fears been proven groundless considering the near-negligible numbers that were severely affected by the vaccines.

Therefore, if you are still unvaccinated without any valid reason, please get vaccinated, it’s free. Afterwards, you’ll never have to worry about being discriminated against because of your vaccination status ever again.

As for the worries for children having a higher chance of getting injured because of COVID-19 vaccines, that belief has already been debunked in this article.

Lastly, there’s nothing constructive to say about her “faith” towards the local authorities, especially when her refusal to cooperate and filing police reports against the police is taken into consideration.

Thus far, the narrative that Koh tends to paint is that anyone who stands with her is a “good person”, while anyone who disagrees is either misguided, wrong, or a bully.

In any case, it’s her prerogative to write a book if she wishes to, and it makes me almost curious on how much traction Into the Lion’s Den will receive if it ever gets published.

Plus, Koh should probably be focusing on her criminal offences instead, since she’ll be standing trial next month for three separate charges of abetting in making false representations to the Ministry of Health (MOH), allegedly instigating the flooding of COVID-19 hotlines, and obstructing a public servant from discharging their duties.  

Oh, there’s also the three police reports she made at Police Cantonment and the lawsuit against Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.

February is definitely shaping up to be a busy month for Iris Koh. 

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Featured Image: Facebook (Iris Koh)