Prosecuting Violet Netto for Helping Prepare a Last-Ditch Appeal for Nagaenthran Only Serves To Emphasize LHL’s Control Over Judiciary, AG and Everything Else That Matters in Singapore
A few days ago the State Times published a report saying that Violet Netto was under investigation by the police for not having a valid practising certificate when she represented […]
Success in the Constitutional Challenge to Section 377A Opens the Door to Overturning Other Unjust Laws
On Monday January 25th lawyers for three gay men argued before a five-judge Court of Appeal that the High Court was wrong to dismiss their challenge to the constitutionality of […]
You Don’t Have to Believe Shanmugam Pulls the Strings to Know That the PM Has Too Much Influence Over the Judiciary
Yesterday I read that M. Ravi is being investigated by the police for criminal defamation. He posted on Facebook on 6 November that Eugene Thuraisingham, another lawyer in whose firm […]
The AG Should Produce Statistics Rather Than Issue Threats
Last Friday the Attorney General’s Chambers (AG) issued a statement saying that claims that preferential treatment had been given to members of the group who killed a man at an […]
Statement on the IMF loan judgement and appeal for donations
On 22 October 2012 Justice Tan issued a judgement in my suit which must be of grave concern not only to all citizens of Singapore but to citizens fighting for democracy wherever they happen to live. If the Court is correct it matters not how blatant, how transparent or how deliberate the breach of such a constitutional provision is; the simple and inescapable consequence is that no citizen may challenge it.
Update: In the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore. Pre-Trial Conference.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE IN THE HIGH COURT BEFORE THE SENIOR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR YEONG ZEE KIN TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012, AT 9:00 AM, […]
The Ricebowl Singapore (TRS) 