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Joe Augustin served a lawyer's letter over a joke.

BuiKia

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What did he say har?

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Radio DJ Joe Augustin was served a lawyer's letter on Monday over an allegedly defamatory joke he made on his Facebook page.

The 43-year-old Lush 99.5 DJ, who wrote about this on Facebook on the same day, declined to say who had served the letter but ruled out the "possibility that... this party has anything to do with (the) government or any political party".

"It is also not another radio station (or) personality," he added. He declined to say what the joke was about, except that it was made some time "over the past two months".

The letter demanded that he remove the Facebook post containing the joke, that he contact anyone who may have republished the post and ask the person to remove it, and that he issue a public apology.

No kidding as Joe Augustin served lawyer's letters over a joke
Posted by Aaron Koh Labels: Legal Stuff, Singapore

Popular radio personality and funny man, Joe Augustin, was today served a lawyer's letter over a joke.

Although Joe has taken to his Facebook Page to explain the situation, he has requested that "And please under NO circumstances, try and guess in comments section below who this allegedly aggrieved party may be."

Wrote Joe Augustin,

"..One of my jokes (yes, JOKES) has resulted in a lawyer's letter being sent to me threatening that their instructions are to "proceed immediately to prosecute" their clients claims against me unless I complied with their demands by the end of business today. Significantly, this letter arrived this afternoon while I was sleeping.

...But in the very final paragraph of their letter, they still expressly reserved "the right to seek substantial damages from me for defamation" amongst all other rights.

I am no lawyer, but I understand this to mean - We judge you have wronged us by our interpretation of the law. You must do such and such RIGHT NOW or we will start immediate legal proceedings against you. And *even* if you do what we ask of you we're not letting you off the hook.

This sounds WAY too much like my mum when I was growing up.

So I wait, hitherto unnamed party, represented by your lawyers. I wait for your further details on your last demand, other expressly reserved rights not withstanding."

Joe has also assured his fans that the "allegedly aggrieved party" has nothing to do with a fellow ex-DJ Daniel Ong's written rant over his neighbour's recent renovation.

Taiwan’s Next Media Animation was recently taken to task by Cathay Pacific to take down the video titled "Cathay Pacific Business Class: designed for perverts?’ Cathay Pacific even resorted to asking Google to take the video down from YouTube because "under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, claiming NMA had violated Cathay’s copyright."
 

songsongjurong

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cyberspace is a minefield now...U BEEN SERVED !!!!

this buikia 'joe' talks too much in the morning show..very turned off...rmb he was yakking non-stop about his new born daughter then
good riddance get him off air !
 

streetsmart73

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hi there


1. plenty of such radio things speak out of context most of the time.
2. those equally useless producers just allow such load of crap to be continued & on airs.
3. honest, i always think that joe is above that!
4. :mad:
 

streetsmart73

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cyberspace is a minefield now...U BEEN SERVED !!!!

this buikia 'joe' talks too much in the morning show..very turned off...rmb he was yakking non-stop about his new born daughter then
good riddance get him off air !


hi there


1. bro, not just the morning segment hoh!
2. try tuning in the evening thing "on the road" thing.
3. two idiots especially the gal that speaks non-stop over some totally useless & irrelevant!
4. why do we need 2 mouthers on airs at the same time.
5. creating jobs or what.
6. at times, there are 3 big mouthers going for it too!
 

BuiKia

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Yah...most joes that I know also talk a lot without thinking...some of them can be very irritating


cyberspace is a minefield now...U BEEN SERVED !!!!

this buikia 'joe' talks too much in the morning show..very turned off...rmb he was yakking non-stop about his new born daughter then
good riddance get him off air !
 

BuiKia

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They are doing what our government is doing..creating more job. The same reason why so many Ministers in a small red dot.


hi there


1. bro, not just the morning segment hoh!
2. try tuning in the evening thing "on the road" thing.
3. two idiots especially the gal that speaks non-stop over some totally useless & irrelevant!
4. why do we need 2 mouthers on airs at the same time.
5. creating jobs or what.
6. at times, there are 3 big mouthers going for it too!
 
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songsongjurong

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local radio really sucks... lets not talk about the richmond, dated, crass, lame jokes...

only station worth listening is symphony92.4 or BBC locally otherwise go iphone&android&shoutcast apps for overseas station
 

BuiKia

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I love listening to 92.4 when stressed but when people noticed that they thought I trying to act high class. Nabeh...just because I hokkien speaking.


local radio really sucks... lets not talk about the richmond, dated, crass, lame jokes...

only station worth listening is symphony92.4 or BBC locally otherwise go iphone&android&shoutcast apps for overseas station
 

Bigfuck

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You will soon that lawyers in Singapore are ball-less pricks who are hiding behind the skirts of some people called judges. They are tax robbing bastards. Just laugh at the their letters. I do. And most of the time they cannot do shit to you. And if you know what to do - they are really nothing.
 

halsey02

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Least we forget, we are still a LEEpubic, nothing have changed....the LEEpard spots are becoming clearer each & every day...
 

ray_of_hope

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It can be in the USA. And there have been cases where by it is no case.

Singapore is not the US. Singapore law is largely derived from UK Common Law. In the UK, the satirical magazine PRIVATE EYE has been sued numerous times. This from wiki:
Private Eye is often seen as specialising in scurrilous gossip and scandal about the misdeeds of the powerful and famous, and has received numerous libel writs. These include three issued by Sir James Goldsmith and several by Robert Maxwell, one of which resulted in costs and reported damages of £225,000...

More recently, a Briton was jailed 8 months for wearing a tee-short mocking the deaths of 2 UK policewomen. This was what a police officer was to say of his conviction, "To mock or joke about the tragic events of that morning is morally reprehensible and Thew has rightly been convicted and sentenced for his actions." http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-jailed-for-wearing-an-antipolice-tshirt-8207409.html
 

Bigfuck

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Singapore is not UK too. I appeal for UK strike Singapore off the common law list of countries, as Singapore law is an insult to commonwealth law. If UK continues to do so commonwealth law will become commondearth law.
 

blackmondy

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local radio really sucks... lets not talk about the richmond, dated, crass, lame jokes...

only station worth listening is symphony92.4 or BBC locally otherwise go iphone&android&shoutcast apps for overseas station

I agree. But Andrew Lim with his fakey Brit slang can be unnerving....and that f**ker was my primary school classmate some more.
 

Rogue Trader

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Joe Augustine kenna lawyer letter for joke

Any brudder here know who wants to sue him??

Radio presenter Joe Augustin served with lawyer’s letter



inSing.com - 25 October 2012 1:55 PM | Updated 4:05 PM


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<cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin: 4px 0px; ">Joe Augustin is no stranger to controversy (Photo: Joe Augustin's official Facebook page)</cite>
Popular radio personality Joe Augustin says he was served with a lawyer’s letter on Tuesday regarding a joke he had posted on his Facebook page.

The 43-year-old said: “One of my jokes (yes, JOKES) has resulted in a lawyer's letter being sent to me threatening that their instructions are to "proceed immediately to prosecute" their clients claims against me unless I complied with their demands…”

The LUSH 99.5 presenter added that the letter was not related to the Government, any political parties, other radio stations or radio presenters.

Augustin who has two decades of radio experience, did not provide any information on the allegedly defamatory joke.

The radio presenter, with two decades of experience, is no stranger to controversy.

In 2009, he was fired from Power 98FM for a breach of contract. A year prior to that, Radio 91.3FM had fired him.

Augustin’s Facebook update:

“Dear fellow netizens with funny things to say (and possibly the people who didn't think what I had to say was funny),

I often find myself defending Singapore for what I believe to be the existence of free speech in this country. Now before you start breaking out the champagne because "Joe's finally caved", I *still* believe we have it.

Over the years, as long as my comments were substantiated or reasonably qualified, I would take the chance and say them.

But this evening, my commitment to that position has been tested in a most unexpected way.

One of my jokes (yes, JOKES) has resulted in a lawyer's letter being sent to me threatening that their instructions are to "proceed immediately to prosecute" their clients claims against me unless I complied with their demands by the end of business today. Significantly, this letter arrived this afternoon while I was sleeping.

I thought. This must be what it's like to one of the pigs in Angry Birds (TM)*. Yes we ate some eggs, but WTH?!

I have since acceded to 2 of their 3 requests... (OK, so they used the less friendly term "demands". Which I thought would make everything ok. At first.

But in the very final paragraph of their letter, they still expressly reserved "the right to seek substantial damages from me for defamation" amongst all other rights.

I am no lawyer, but I understand this to mean - We judge you have wronged us by our interpretation of the law. You must do such and such RIGHT NOW or we will start immediate legal proceedings against you. And *even* if you do what we ask of you we're not letting you off the hook.

This sounds WAY too much like my mum when I was growing up.

So I wait, hitherto unnamed party, represented by your lawyers. I wait for your further details on your last demand, other expressly reserved rights not withstanding.

Yours Sincerely,

Joe Augustin.

** IMPORTANT!!! **

I wish to exclude the possibility that you might think that this party has anything to do with government or any political party. It is also not another radio station nor personality, not even Glenn Ong (I'm kidding Glenn). And please under NO circumstances, try and guess in comments section below who this allegedly aggrieved party may be.

** Message to lawmakers who may be reading this: If you are not a lawmaker, please mind your own business from here.. **

Maybe it's time we legislated a sense of humour. Nothing too serious. A simple incentive to look at the funny side of things so we all don't kill each other when things get a little screwy. Maybe we could start with a law that mandates that obvious jokes shall be beyond the purvue of lawyers and the courts.

And what happens if one should lose their sense of humour? I would say the case for Euthanasia is pretty compelling.

And since we're legislating, how about a minimum requirement of at least one "please" and a "thank you" in every piece of correspondence. You know... in the interest of a civil society.

Please? Thank you.

* Angry Birds (TM) is a Trademark of The Rovio Corporation. And it's use here neither should be taken to imply any endorsement of Joe Augustin nor his attempt at sarcasm.”


 
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