Two Singaporean Bloggers Jailed Under Anti-Sedition Legislation
Filed in: Weblog — October 7th, 2005Still remember the two Singaporean bloggers charged under sedition act over racist remarks? They are jailed for posting anti-Muslim remarks on the Internet.
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Two ethnic Chinese men became the first bloggers in multi-racial Singapore to be punished under the city-state’s tough anti-sedition legislation for posting anti-Muslim remarks on the Internet.
ADVERTISEMENTBenjamin Koh, 28, was given two concurrent one-month jail terms while Nicholas Lim, 25, was jailed for one day and fined 5,000 Singapore dollars (2,960 US) after they pleaded guilty Friday to the June offences.
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