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25-07-2013, 07:30 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has started legal proceedings in the High Court against Leslie Chew Peng Ee for contempt of court by scandalising the judiciary of Singapore.
AGC said the action is in connection with Leslie Chew's publication of various comics as part of the "Demon-cratic Singapore" series on Facebook.
The legal proceedings are aimed at protecting the administration of justice in Singapore and upholding the integrity of one of the key public institutions. Four out of five comics in the series are involved in the AGC action, and these were published in 2011 and 2012.
As a first step in the legal proceedings, AGC asked for and received the court's permission to apply for an order of committal against Leslie Chew.
The hearing on the committal application has been fixed on August 12 in the High Court. The hearing will allow the High Court to decide if contempt of court has been committed.
If the court decides that an offence has been committed, it will set out the punishment to be imposed, which can be a jail term, a fine, or both. - CNA/ac
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SINGAPORE: Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has started legal proceedings in the High Court against Leslie Chew Peng Ee for contempt of court by scandalising the judiciary of Singapore.
AGC said the action is in connection with Leslie Chew's publication of various comics as part of the "Demon-cratic Singapore" series on Facebook.
The legal proceedings are aimed at protecting the administration of justice in Singapore and upholding the integrity of one of the key public institutions. Four out of five comics in the series are involved in the AGC action, and these were published in 2011 and 2012.
As a first step in the legal proceedings, AGC asked for and received the court's permission to apply for an order of committal against Leslie Chew.
The hearing on the committal application has been fixed on August 12 in the High Court. The hearing will allow the High Court to decide if contempt of court has been committed.
If the court decides that an offence has been committed, it will set out the punishment to be imposed, which can be a jail term, a fine, or both. - CNA/ac
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?158036-AGC-acts-against-cartoonist-Leslie-Chew&goto=newpost).