SINGAPORE — Civil activist Jolovan Wham and opposition politician John Tan were each fined $5,000 on Monday on contempt of court charges.
Both Tan and Wham are appealing their sentence and conviction, their lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam told the court. Thuraisingam had earlier asked for a jail term of seven days’ for Tan as a fine of more than $2,000 would have disqualified him from standing for election to become an MP. The AG had sought a 15-day jail term for Tan.It was up to any person with political aspirations to ensure he does not run afoul of the law, the judge said, noting that it was not Tan’s first brush with the law. Tan was jailed for 15 days for a previous conviction of contempt of court in 2008.
Had Tan taken action earlier, he might have avoided continuation of proceedings against him, or he would have been in a better position to seek a fine of less than $2,000. As for Wham, the judge said that there should not be a general approach for the court to order an offender to publish a notice of apology or remove an offending post even if the offender does not do so voluntarily.
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