The Online Citizen trial: District judge rejects application for Constitution-related question to be addressed in High Court

SINGAPORE - Defence lawyer M. Ravi's application for the High Court to determine if the Singapore Cabinet has the same protection under the Constitution as an individual has been thrown out by a district judge.

De Costa, 36, is accused of one count each of criminal defamation and using a computer to perform an unauthorised access to another man's e-mail account. He allegedly committed these offences on Sept 4 last year. On Wednesday, Mr Ravi told the court that the charges against his client are unlawful and"the government has no right to sue for defamation".

Deputy Public Prosecutors Mohamed Faizal, Shivani Retnam, Ho Lian-Yi and Sheryl Yeo stated in their submissions that the defence's arguments were"entirely without merit" and urged the court to dismiss the application.

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