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9:46am: Shadrake arrives in court wearing blue shirt and black jacket.
10:20am: Prosecution begins.
10:29am: DPP claims book title implies Singapore judges guilty of misconduct.
10:45am: DPP claims Shadrake “misrepresents court’s decisions” in drug sentencing.
10:55am: DPP claims 14 statements in question “strike at the foundation of role of law in Singapore”.
11:10am: Judge asks if ” legal system” refers to judiciary alone.
11:12am: DPP – “Common understanding of “legal system” does not exclude “court” from the legal society.
11:23am: DPP – “Not an iota of truth in any of the statements or allegations in the respondent’s book.”
12:17pm: Defense – “Carrying out of a microscopic analysis is not scandalising the judiciary but a public duty to civil society.”
12:26pm: Defense – “If you have an extreme system then it calls for extraordinary criticism.”
12:29pm: Trial to resume at 2:15pm
