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29-07-2013, 09:50 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
The government has announced that it will not charge "Demon-cratic Singapore" cartoonist Leslie Chew with sedition. The decision of the Attorney-General's Chambers is spot on – notwithstanding the wishes of a grand total of 140 individuals who signed a petition asking the government to throw the book at him. As this blog pleaded three months ago, if the government feared that Chew's criticism of its race policies would have any traction, it should respond with arguments, not force. Chew is not off the hook yet. While the Sedition Act won't be used against him, he has committed contempt of court, the AGC says. His fate now hinges partly on how the court reads the law on scandalising the judiciary. Singapore has traditionally taken a tough line. Recall how three activists were jailed five years ago for wearing t-shirts emblazoned with kangaroos in judges' robes. -
See more at: http://journalism.sg/2013/07/29/lesl....Cs4VWIjs.dpuf (http://journalism.sg/2013/07/29/leslie-chew-vs-his-demons-round-one-victory-for-common-sense/#sthash.Cs4VWIjs.dpuf)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?158349-Leslie-Chew-Sedition-charge-withdrawn-contempt-of-court-charge-remains&goto=newpost).
The government has announced that it will not charge "Demon-cratic Singapore" cartoonist Leslie Chew with sedition. The decision of the Attorney-General's Chambers is spot on – notwithstanding the wishes of a grand total of 140 individuals who signed a petition asking the government to throw the book at him. As this blog pleaded three months ago, if the government feared that Chew's criticism of its race policies would have any traction, it should respond with arguments, not force. Chew is not off the hook yet. While the Sedition Act won't be used against him, he has committed contempt of court, the AGC says. His fate now hinges partly on how the court reads the law on scandalising the judiciary. Singapore has traditionally taken a tough line. Recall how three activists were jailed five years ago for wearing t-shirts emblazoned with kangaroos in judges' robes. -
See more at: http://journalism.sg/2013/07/29/lesl....Cs4VWIjs.dpuf (http://journalism.sg/2013/07/29/leslie-chew-vs-his-demons-round-one-victory-for-common-sense/#sthash.Cs4VWIjs.dpuf)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?158349-Leslie-Chew-Sedition-charge-withdrawn-contempt-of-court-charge-remains&goto=newpost).