Lau CB Sue AGAIN! But Silent on $260B LOSS!

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March 13, 2009
By Zakir Hussain
THE Government is taking a senior editor of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to court, accusing her of being in contempt of court in three articles published last year.
In the High Court on Friday, Justice Tay Yong Kwang granted an application by the Attorney-General to start proceedings against Ms Melanie Kirkpatrick, deputy editor of the New York-based financial daily's editorial page.
In court documents seen by The Straits Times, the AG's Chambers (AGC) said it was initiating proceedings against her for 'actions which resulted in the publication and distribution' of the articles in WSJ's sister paper, WSJ Asia.
It said these 'contained passages that scandalise the Singapore judiciary'.
It added that Ms Kirkpatrick bears the ultimate editorial responsibility for the editorials and opinion section of WSJ Asia.
The AGC's move comes three months after Dow Jones Publishing (Asia), which publishes the WSJ Asia, was found in contempt of court for the same articles, which ran in June and July 2008.
The first article was an editorial on Singapore's democracy, arising out of a hearing in May last year to assess damages that Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan and others had to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for libel.
The second was a letter from Dr Chee in reply to a rebuttal of that editorial by MM Lee's press secretary.
The third article was another editorial, on the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute's report on the Singapore judiciary.
Last November, Justice Tay found that they alleged bias and lack of independence on the part of the judiciary, among other things.
He fined Dow Jones Publishing (Asia) $25,000 - the highest meted out for such an offence here. Dow Jones was also ordered to pay costs of $30,000.
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[commoner]

well, long time no sue, now sue to get some pocket money,,,,,

just another day in the kangaroo court, a tyoical wayang show,,,,

 

[Cestbon]

Ha ha ha. Ask all voter sue PAP/gov for $260B loses . Why so far only Ho Ching is boot out?
What about others incompetent still drawing at least 5 figure/month.

 

[borom]

The more they sue foreigners the better-it means they will be in the international news so the world can see them for what they are -including any new FT's they hope to induce to come here.
They will have to enforce the judgment in a foreign court (in this case presumably the US ) and I hope the judge will call the father and son team to give evidence.Any lawyers can tell whether a US judge can hold them in contempt if they do not attend court hearing if ordered?

Economic growth used to be the excuse they offer for their actions but the recent economic crisis and their inept handling of it has exposed it for all to see.

 

[DrPanacea]

Ha ha ha. Why so far only Ho Ching is boot out?

She is not boot out. She stepped down and willl be going for greater heights. Just watch.

 

[allanlee]

She is not boot out. She stepped down and willl be going for greater heights. Just watch.

One of the "new" faces to be introduced for the coming GE?
Dun laugh hor ......... she will be touted as Ministerial calibre earmarked for the Finance portfolio :p

 

[myfoot123]

Singapore Kangaroo court is always on 24/7 standby at the beck and calls of Hitler's Lee. Leader has to accept the fact that they made mistake instead of taking hobby to sue others for telling us what were our mistakes. Our kangaroo court must also learned to be more equal and not fearful of the powerful otherwise all the judges in court are nothing but puppet.

 

[commoner]

looking at our leaders suing other people, there is almost no way they can lose, and they can almost get any amount they want,,,, look, for waving a police report, kena sued for multi-milions,,,,, and some claimed they donate to charities,,,,, why,,, donate to charities to redeem some part of their conscience, or just to tell people they are charitiable and they sue just for fun of it,,,,,

ridiculous leaders,,, hopefully Tanjong Pagar fell into opposition in the next GE,,, oh,,, will Old Fart get the army to roll the tanks ithere should he get booted out?

 

[Cestbon]

One of the "new" faces to be introduced for the coming GE?
Dun laugh hor ......... she will be touted as Ministerial calibre earmarked for the Finance portfolio :p

Oh yeah. I miss this fact.
Father -- MM
Son -- PM
Wife -- FM

Perfect family like monarchy country. No election/no democracy like Brunei since both currency is peg as same value.

 

[angie II]

"Say somemore! Wait i sue your pants off!"
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[yansen84]

any bros have the 3 mentioned articles to share with us here?