ST only published news of Dr Chee’s acquittal after a week later

[jeremyyau555]

The Straits Times has finally decided to published the news of Dr Chee Soon Juan’s acquittal from charges of speaking in public without a permit amusingly under its “breaking news” section a week later after it was first released on the SDP website.

Dr Chee was charged with eight separate counts for speaking in the public and to the voters without a permit during the 2006 general elections.

He was already fined for the first charge which he refused to pay and chose to serve a 5-week sentence in jail. The other charges ended with convictions too.

It is strange that the Straits Times journalist Jeremy Au Yong wrote that the Attorney-General’s Chambers “confirmed” that the charges were withdrawn only now when he had one entire week to do so.

The article chose to focus on Dr Chee’s convictions and him going to jail as a result of his refusal to pay his fines instead of the fact that it dragged on for three years because of the AGC’s decision to hold separate trials for each single charge when the court could have easily heard all of them in one trial.

 

[TeeKee]

i think by sending the article to SPH and CC to PM office helps..to nudge them a little...

you should try it sometimes, if you want nudge someone a little..

 

[Shin Orochi]

Up you go.

 

[jim007jimmyboy]

i think by sending the article to SPH and CC to PM office helps..to nudge them a little...

you should try it sometimes, if you want nudge someone a little..

try nudging them and u will end up in Palau Ubin for 30 yrs w/o trial

 

[kingrant]

The Straits Times has finally decided to published the news of Dr Chee Soon Juan’s acquittal from charges of speaking in public without a permit amusingly under its “breaking news” section a week later after it was first released on the SDP website.

Dr Chee was charged with eight separate counts for speaking in the public and to the voters without a permit during the 2006 general elections.

He was already fined for the first charge which he refused to pay and chose to serve a 5-week sentence in jail. The other charges ended with convictions too.

It is strange that the Straits Times journalist Jeremy Au Yong wrote that the Attorney-General’s Chambers “confirmed” that the charges were withdrawn only now when he had one entire week to do so.

The article chose to focus on Dr Chee’s convictions and him going to jail as a result of his refusal to pay his fines instead of the fact that it dragged on for three years because of the AGC’s decision to hold separate trials for each single charge when the court could have easily heard all of them in one trial.

All this acquittal business could be just a decoy. To throw off the scent of Human Rights groups and the International Bar people. To deceive them into thinking that the Judiciary is pitted against the Oppo on cue from the Executive. So that the govt - and doggies like Shanmugam- can have bragging rights that the govt does not use the law unfairly and that the judiciary indeed is independent enough to act on its own, even to the chagrin of the political bosses. In perspective, the PAP is prepared to lose a few of these minor battles in order to placate the people and win the war, the General Elections!