Monthly Archives: December 2016

Minister for Home Affairs & Minister for Law K Shanmugam’s comment (his Facebook of 16 Dec 16) on the sentence of 10 weeks’ jail imposed on the man who assaulted a policewoman just three days after the case was reported … Continue reading →

We congratulate Dr Ang Swee Chai on winning the MULAN Award 2016 for her exceptional contributions to voluntary work in the Community and Charitable Causes. The award is given to Chinese women who have contributed their talents and skills to … Continue reading →

By Teo Soh Lung The Newpaper reported on 9 Dec 2016 that the Court of Appeal comprising Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Judges of Appeal Chao Hick Tin and Andrew Phang “gave notice that lawyers who submit such last minute … Continue reading →

Today is International Human Rights Day. Let us remember that on this day, 30 years ago, JB Jeyaretnam was released from Queenstown Prison after serving a one month jail term for offences which he denied committing. Indeed, the Privy Council … Continue reading →

Today is the 150th day of the seizure of my two computers and new mobile phone by the police and forensic officers from the Police Cantonment Complex. Roy Ngerng who was even more unfortunate than me, had 2 laptops, 3 … Continue reading →

On 27 October 2016, the Court of Three Judges delivered its judgement on the application of the Law Society of Singapore against Ravi s/o Madasamy, a well known human rights lawyer in respect of conduct incompatible with his position as … Continue reading →

Freedom Film Festival 2016 opened yesterday with a good crowd. The Catholic nuns in Radical Grace left the audience awe struck! Many who came to see the works of Singaporean filmmakers were not disappointed. They were treated to good films … Continue reading →