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Title : Asian Wall Street Journal fined S$25,000 for contempt of court
By : S.Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
Date : 25 Nov 2008 1121 hrs (GMT + 8hrs)
SINGAPORE: Singapore's High Court has found the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ) in contempt of court for two articles and a letter which were published in the newspaper in June and July.
Justice Tay Yong Yong Kwang fined the publication S$25,000 and it has a week to pay up.
Singapore's Attorney General had instituted contempt of court proceedings against the publication earlier on November 4.
At the centre of the proceedings - two articles and a letter in the newspaper which the AG argued, impugned the impartiality, integrity and independence of the Singapore Judiciary.
In his judgement, Justice Tay felt that all three articles contained insinuations of bias, lack of impartiality and lack of independence.
He added that they implied that the Singapore judiciary is subservient to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and the People's Action Party and that it's a tool for silencing political dissent.
The judge also noted that the three articles had appeared within a relatively short span of three weeks when the defamation case involving the Prime Minister and Minister Mentor, and Singapore Democratic Party's Chee Soon Juan was going on.
Another case involving former Singaporean Gopalan Nair was also making its way through the courts.
At the close of the hearing, the judge also ordered the AWSJ to pay costs for the proceedings, amounting to S$30,000, to the Attorney-General. - CNA/vm
Title : Asian Wall Street Journal fined S$25,000 for contempt of court
By : S.Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia
Date : 25 Nov 2008 1121 hrs (GMT + 8hrs)
SINGAPORE: Singapore's High Court has found the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ) in contempt of court for two articles and a letter which were published in the newspaper in June and July.
Justice Tay Yong Yong Kwang fined the publication S$25,000 and it has a week to pay up.
Singapore's Attorney General had instituted contempt of court proceedings against the publication earlier on November 4.
At the centre of the proceedings - two articles and a letter in the newspaper which the AG argued, impugned the impartiality, integrity and independence of the Singapore Judiciary.
In his judgement, Justice Tay felt that all three articles contained insinuations of bias, lack of impartiality and lack of independence.
He added that they implied that the Singapore judiciary is subservient to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and the People's Action Party and that it's a tool for silencing political dissent.
The judge also noted that the three articles had appeared within a relatively short span of three weeks when the defamation case involving the Prime Minister and Minister Mentor, and Singapore Democratic Party's Chee Soon Juan was going on.
Another case involving former Singaporean Gopalan Nair was also making its way through the courts.
At the close of the hearing, the judge also ordered the AWSJ to pay costs for the proceedings, amounting to S$30,000, to the Attorney-General. - CNA/vm
