Exploring “how the law works” in Singapore. Includes content on sedition, fake news, contempt of court, and scandalising the judiciary.
Whoa, I really went on a blogging hiatus!
Thanks to all who asked how I’ve been doing.
I’ll keep it short — in my early 20’s, I was not exactly very wise or practical with money matters. So I’ve spent the past couple of years reading up on topics like personal finance and sitting down to really think about my career direction.
With that out of the way, I finally got round to reading Legal Consensus.
Excerpts from “Scandalising the Singapore Judiciary”
by Tsun Hang Tey (2010)
PDF Link to Journal Article: Informit.com.au | Ebscohost
Excerpts from “The Politics of Judicial Institutions in Singapore”
by Francis Seow (1997)
Link to Article: Singapore-Window | PDF
Source: Martyn See (Facebook)
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Did Law Minister K. Shanmugam make an illegal party political film?
Dear K. Shanmugam,
On the 10th of May 2015, you uploaded a video entitled “A Day in the Life of a Minister”, which features a camera crew tracking your activity of the day. It was an unscripted video shot and edited in the style of a reality-TV programme.
Amongst other (shrewd) observations, former ISD director Yoong Siew Wah writes that “GE 2016 is very much an epoch-making election to watch.”
Tan Pin Pin’s To Singapore, With Love, a documentary featuring Singaporean political exiles, will not be allowed for public screening. The Media Development Authority (MDA) said the film “undermined national security.”
Towards the end of Once a Jolly Hangman, Alan Shadrake shares some details about his arrest in Singapore. There is one paragraph where he says:
“Was I in danger of being arrested? I consulted well-known Singaporean Francis T. Seow, a former president of the Law Society. His advice: as long as it’s all correct, you have nothing to fear.”
