Former Singaporean citizen and naturalized American, Gopalan Nair, has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for insulting a high court judge on his blog.
Newspaper reports that the court, in handing out the sentence, had stated that Gopalan had scandalised…the judiciary and the administration of justice in Singapore
Gopalan had allegedly accused Justice Ang of prostituting herself…by being nothing more than an employee of Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his son and carrying out their orders.
In his defence, Gopalan said that he hoped to raise political awareness in Singapore on his blog. He admitted that his words might have been strong, but he was not remorseful as they were true.
He was charged under Section 228 of Singapore's Penal Code, Intentional insult or interruption to a public servant sitting in any stage of a judicial proceeding.
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