SINGAPORE - Prosecutors are seeking a fine of between $10,000 and $15,000 for activist Jolovan Wham, who was found guilty last year for a Facebook post which scandalised the judiciary.
On April 27 last year , Wham made a Facebook post stating that Singapore's courts are not as independent as Malaysia's on cases with political implications. The remarks accompanied a link to an online article titled"Malaysiakini mounts constitutional challenge against Anti-Fake News Act". Lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam, who is representing Tan, said his client would take down the Facebook post on Wednesday and asked the court to sentence his client to seven days in jail, instead of a fine.
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