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Singapore fines a journalist of the Wall Street Journal for contempt of court

March 20, 2009

A judge in Singapore ordered Melanie Kirkpatrick, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, to pay a fine of about 6.000 dollars for contempt of court. The journalist was charged with defamation of the leadership in Singapore.
The judge found that Ms Kirkpatrick had shown lack of trust in the independence of the judicial system of Singapore. The court had earlier fined the Wall Street Journal more than 16.000 US dollars for the publication of three articles which were highly critical of the first minister Lee Hsien Loong and leader of the Popular Action Party.

source: http://www.p-es.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2784&Itemid=62

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