The Attorney-General, Lucien Wong has brought contempt proceedings against Terry Xu, Chief Editor Of TOC, for the republication of a blog post.
Representing Mr Xu is Mr Lim Tean of Carson Law Chambers LLC who attended the Pre-trial conference held today (18 Aug).
Mr Lim posted an update on the matter, noting that parties attended before Senior Assistant Registrar Dave Lee and he has informed the court that Mr Xu “would be vigorously challenging the right of the Attorney-General to bring these contempt proceedings against him”.
He noted that the author of the reproduced blog post has not been investigated or charged with contempt of court.
TOC also understands that the author has not been asked by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to remove the original blogpost.
Mr Lim asked that the AGC release the statement they filed in Court in support of their application pursuant to Order 52, Rule 2(2) of the Rules Of Court, so that the public can be appraised of the facts of the case.
Mr Lim is also the representing counsel of Mr Xu in the civil defamation suit filed by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong over an article that purportedly containing “false and baseless” allegations, such as the statement that the Prime Minister misled his late father into thinking their Oxley Road property had been gazetted by the Government.
The hearing was concluded in February this year and currently awaiting the judgement by the High Court.
There is another ongoing investigation of Contempt of Court by the Police upon Mr Xu that was commenced in March 2020 over reports made on Mr Mohan Rajangam who was transferred to the Malaysian Police by the Singapore Police Force and left to fend for himself for four months before returning to Singapore on his own.