SINGAPORE GOVERNMEMT REBUTS WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL
December 7th 2008 07:56
The Singapore government rebutted an editorial by the Wall Street Journal that took issue with a recent court ruling which found its sister publication in Asia in contempt of court.
The Straits Times reported that in an editorial, titled Singapore Strikes Again, the journal said Singapore chose to go after the paper "for the most basic kind of journalism."
But Singapore's Ambassador to the US, Professor Chan Heng Chee, said the Wall Street Journal Asia was cited for contempt "because it accused Singapore courts of being biased."
"We do not fear or stifle criticism of our policies. But we will not allow our judiciary to be denigrated under the pretence of free speech," she said in a letter to the Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
WSJ's editorial was published in its US and Europe editions, but not in its Asia edition which circulates.
On November 25, Singapore’s High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang fined the publisher of WSJ Asia US$25,000 for contempt for three articles it ran in June and July.
The Straits Times reported that in an editorial, titled Singapore Strikes Again, the journal said Singapore chose to go after the paper "for the most basic kind of journalism."
But Singapore's Ambassador to the US, Professor Chan Heng Chee, said the Wall Street Journal Asia was cited for contempt "because it accused Singapore courts of being biased."
"We do not fear or stifle criticism of our policies. But we will not allow our judiciary to be denigrated under the pretence of free speech," she said in a letter to the Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
On November 25, Singapore’s High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang fined the publisher of WSJ Asia US$25,000 for contempt for three articles it ran in June and July.
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