Singapore charges political cartoonist Leslie Chew for contempt of court

[Leongsam]

Since you have never joined the PAP, why are you supporting them?

Since you have never been part of WP, why are you always criticizing them?

Scum.

I said you have to know what you're talking about. I didn't say you have to a member of the organisation you're judging.

You really are a twit of the highest order.

When it comes to politics, nobody can beat my experience. I'm a disciple of the great LKY . He taught me everything I know.

 

[winnipegjets]

Damned right they don't. People who comment from the sidelines are the worst scum of all.

It you're going to judge something, you first have to know what you're talking about.

I drink coffee at the kopitiam every day ...commenting of events is the norm. Don't need to be an expert to offer two-cents worth on current issues and politics.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Boss man Sam in good form today

 

[winnipegjets]

You are telling me if I find a law stupid I will be exempted from it??? A law is a law whether you like it or not!!!

So, if the PAP passes a law that demands you to eat your baby, you will comply?

 

[Spock]

So, if the PAP passes a law that demands you to eat your baby, you will comply?

They have passed laws forbidding you to chew gum and allowing parents to sue their children for maintenance. Uniquely SG.

 

[Spock]

In SG, we have some careers that command respect. Get into one of them and you are made for life.

 

[winnipegjets]

In SG, we have some careers that command respect. Get into one of them and you are made for life.

$68 million is the minimum compensation ...courtesy of taxpayers. So study hard and get the 'scholarship'.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

They have passed laws forbidding you to chew gum and allowing parents to sue their children for maintenance. Uniquely SG.

Fine for not flushing toilet

 

[Yingge]

To all his supporter, he currently need help and donation to help you guys to fight the PAP... Please go and show support by donate some for your money to him. Cheers!!!

 

[tanwahp]

I said you have to know what you're talking about. I didn't say you have to a member of the organisation you're judging.

You really are a twit of the highest order.

When it comes to politics, nobody can beat my experience. I'm a disciple of the great LKY . He taught me everything I know.

This is what Laksaboy said you agreed with:

"By your silly logic, no movie reviewer has the right to say a movie is poor, as they have not personally directed or produced a movie."

There you have it. You have to make a movie to say a movie is poor, that is akin to being a politician to say a politician is poor.

When it comes to unravelling contradictions, nobody can beat me. I'm a disciple of the great Perry Mason.

 

[jw5]

This is what Laksaboy said you agreed with:

"By your silly logic, no movie reviewer has the right to say a movie is poor, as they have not personally directed or produced a movie."

There you have it. You have to make a movie to say a movie is poor, that is akin to being a politician to say a politician is poor.

When it comes to unravelling contradictions, nobody can beat me. I'm a disciple of the great Perry Mason.

I'm a disciple of the great Hercule Poirot.

"Pardon me, monsieur, but I am Belgian, not French."

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

I said you have to know what you're talking about. I didn't say you have to a member of the organisation you're judging.

You really are a twit of the highest order.

When it comes to politics, nobody can beat my experience. I'm a disciple of the great LKY . He taught me everything I know.

You're thoroughly inconsistent. First you assert that people from the sidelines should not comment, even to the point of suggesting that movie goers should not criticize movies they had no hand in producing. Then now you backtrack. I agree with tanwahp on this.

 

[shctaw]

Smart politicians should ignore them.

Taking them to court will only make them more famous and increase their followers number.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

Smart politicians should ignore them.

Taking them to court will only make them more famous and increase their followers number.

Its called scaring the monkeys by slaughtering one chicken. A page out of LKY's textbook.

 

[winnipegjets]

To all his supporter, he currently need help and donation to help you guys to fight the PAP... Please go and show support by donate some for your money to him. Cheers!!!

He will be taken care when international organizations step in to champion his case.

 

[GoldenDragon]

He will be taken care when international organizations step in to champion his case.

End of the day, he will be convicted. International organsiations championing his case may exacerbate matters.

 

[winnipegjets]

End of the day, he will be convicted. International organsiations championing his case may exacerbate matters.

I think he is prepared to be incarcerated. I will be surprised if they locked him up for more than a few months. If they put him away for years, you can bet thta sinkapore will be in the limelight. And I don't think LHL wants sinkapore to be in bad light so much.

When he drew those cartoons, he knew what he was getting into. Thankful that there are still gutsy people around. Challenging the establishment is not for the faint hearted.

 

[ginfreely]

This is what Laksaboy said you agreed with:

"By your silly logic, no movie reviewer has the right to say a movie is poor, as they have not personally directed or produced a movie."

There you have it. You have to make a movie to say a movie is poor, that is akin to being a politician to say a politician is poor.

When it comes to unravelling contradictions, nobody can beat me. I'm a disciple of the great Perry Mason.

Yeah whoever paid and watched the movie have the right to comment on the movie. Same logic applies for restaurant meals, clothes, and of course government policies. No need to know how to make movie, cook like restaurant chef, know sewing of clothes or be a politician in order to have the right to comment on the movie, food, clothes and govt policies.

 

[makapaaa]

Singapore seen getting tough on dissent as cartoonist

Singapore seen getting tough on dissent as cartoonist
charged

July 26th, 2013 |

Author: Online Press

(Reuters, 26 Jul) – Singapore government lawyers have
started legal proceedings that could result in a political cartoonist serving a
jail term, in another sign that the long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is
becoming increasingly intolerant of opponents, critics said.

Chew Peng Ee, known to followers of his “Demon-cratic Singapore” site on Facebook as
Leslie Chew, had committed contempt of court “by scandalising the judiciary of
the Republic of Singapore”, the Attorney-General’s Chambers said in a statement
on Thursday.

The charges stemmed from four cartoons that Chew had published in 2011 and
2012, three of which were about the perceived unfairness of the courts when
imposing punishment. His case will be heard on Aug. 12.

Chew has already been investigated for sedition for alleging official
discrimination against Singapore’s ethnic Malay minority and is out on police
bail, his lawyer said.

There are no prescribed penalties for contempt of court in Singapore and the
judge could issue a warning or fine instead of a jail sentence. For sedition, a
person could be fined up to S$5,000 ($3,900) or jailed up to three years, or
both.

Prosperous, multi-racial Singapore, a key U.S. ally, has long taken a tough
stand against criticism of the government. Leaders have taken legal action
against critics, saying they needed to protect their reputations.

The most recent case of a critic being jailed took place in 2011 when Alan
Shadrake, a British writer, was sentenced to six weeks in prison for contempt of
court and scandalising the judiciary with a book about the death penalty in
Singapore.

Government spokesmen were not immediately available for comment on the case
of the cartoonist.

More in: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/26/singapore-dissent-idUSL4N0FW1IZ20130726

 

[makapaaa]

Re: Singapore seen getting tough on dissent as cartoonist

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July
26, 2013 at 10:35 pm zero(Quote)


1000 steps backward into the stone age.
I don’t understand why our
government is so insecure. A professional cartoonist makes a living by satire,
c’mon, give the guy a break. Satire is a form of opinion. It is just an opinion
of the cartoonist. Why are people fined and possibly jailed for expressing an
opinion, which subsequently, does not result in social turmoil and upheaval==
there has not been an iota of evidence that his cartoons had changed society’s
view (it mght even have already coincided with his view even before the cartoons
came out!!)?

I just don’t understand it. The truth prevails. People will judge and decide
whether the opinion is fact or fiction.

The PAP reaction, is really ridiculous and childish, considering that
Singapore is supposed to have achieved 1st world status and people are more
sophisticated and make their own judgements.

In my opinion, Leslie is a genius, a true and rare Singapore Talent who
should be immortalised, cherished and honoured for his outstanding creativity.
Just read his cartoons and judge for yourself. Where else do you get such
quick wits and intelligent analytical mind. Here you have a real local talent
and yet, he is being thrown to the dungeons.

Actually I have combed through all leslie’s cartoons. They are all very good
clean fun. They are just normal political satire found in any mature political
system in the world. Most people just laugh it off and don’t give a damn. Life
goes on, we are all singpareons, we are not going to riot just by reading
leslie’s cartoons!!!!

The only, yes the ONLY cartoon I found rather off-limits, was the one he
implicated that LHL’s wife got power through MARRYTOCRACY. This is more like a
direct personal attack, not a political satire. It’s not a good cartoon because
it gets very personal, and can be seen as defamatory. But having said that, we
have to look at the rather limited reach and circulation of his cartoons, the
defamatory impact is rather small and I am sure leslie could apologise for that
specific cartoon, and he should be let off and continue to be allowed to earn a
living through his funny satires.

No one is hurt, how can the govt cause so much trouble to this cartoonist.
PLEASE RELEASE HIM LET HIM GO.

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