Singapore—Almost a year to the day that he put up a Facebook post saying that Singapore’s courts are not as independent as Malaysia’s when it comes to cases that have political implications, activist Jolovan Wham has been fined S$5,000 for contempt of court.On Monday, April 29, Mr Wham was given a S$5,000 fine by the High Court, along with opposition politician John Tan.
On April 27 last year, Mr Wham put up a Facebook post commenting about the independence of Singapore’s judges compared to Malaysia’s, he also put up a link to an article entitled “Malaysiakini mounts constitutional challenge against Anti-Fake News Act.” Some days later, on May 6, Mr Tan commented on Facebook, “by charging Jolovan for scandalising the judiciary, the AGC only confirms what he said was true”.
However, the judge in the case, Woo Bih Li, said that the predicament Mr Tan has found himself in is his own fault and that he should have been careful to not break the law, especially since he desires to contest in the next election. Moreover, Mr Tan also has a previous contempt of court charge in 2008.
Regarding Mr Tan taking down his post, Judge Woo called it “an eleventh-hour manoeuvre to try and persuade the court to accede to his request not to impose a fine… it was not a reflection of genuine remorse. Tan is responsible for the situation he finds himself in.The Judge also said that ordering Mr Wham to post an apology would be meaningless when he has shown no remorse for it.
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