Law & Order

The applications by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and financial consultant/blogger, Leong Sze Hian to strike out each others' claim will be heard on 25 Feb. Last year, PM Lee sued the veteran Singaporean blogger for defamation over a Facebook share he made on his Facebook profile. Subsequently, Leong filed a countersuit against PM Lee for the abuse of the process …

The Internal Security Act (ISA) has long been criticised as outdated and no longer necessary in our day and age. The ISA is a hangover from colonial times when the British were trying to control its empire. It was then used to deal with communists in our early years as an independent country. Given that we are now an independent …

Two Singaporeans, a freelance religious teacher and his student, was placed on Restriction Order (RO) under the Internal Security Act (ISA), announced the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday (16 January). The 46-year-old teacher, was placed on a RO on 5 December 2018 and his accreditation under the Asatizah Recognition Scheme (ARS) had been cancelled by MUIS in May 2018 for …

The Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in an appeal by Dr Wong Souk Yee, assistant treasurer of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), against Justice Chua Lee Ming's dismissal of her judicial review application in a bid to have a by-election held in the Marsiling-Yew Tee Group Representation Constituency (MYT GRC), on Wednesday (16 January). The matter began when Madam …

More than 200 reports of e-commerce scams involving sales of concert and event tickets received by the Police in 2018, in which the victims either did not receive the tickets or received invalid tickets after payments were made. The Police, therefore, remind members of the public to be wary as several concerts featuring popular international artists such as BTS, Josh Groban, …

Lawyer and politician, Lim Tean has come out with a video to educate the Singapore public about defamation, specifically what someone can or cannot say online based on the law. The 15-minute video posted on Facebook shows Lim Tean guiding an animated character called Winston on how he can vent his frustrations online without putting himself at risk of breaking …

Following the release of the full report on the SingHealth cyber attack last July by the Committee of Inquiry (COI) on Thursday (10 Jan), SingHealth's information technology arm Integrated Health Information Systems Private Limited (IHiS) has decided to impose penalties on several staff members found to have been negligent in dealing with signals of potential cybersecurity breaches leading up to the …

The sentencing of Singapore-based British DJ Ye Ming Yuen to 24 strokes of the cane and 20 years of imprisonment has purportedly sparked tensions in diplomatic relations between the Republic and the United Kingdom. 29-year-old Mr Ming's sentence was determined based on two counts of ‘repeat drug trafficking’ – one of 69g, and the other of 60g of cannabis. Another …

Does the High Court have jurisdiction to hear applications for patent revocation, brought by way of defence and counterclaim in infringement proceedings? The final answer is “yes”, ruled a five-judge Court of Appeal on Thursday (10th January). With this ruling from the highest court of the land, Sunseap Group Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries, Sunseap Energy and Sunseap Leasing, would …

Inadequate cybersecurity awareness and training, failure of IT staff in significant positions to respond promptly to and report about instances of security-related incidents, and loopholes in the SingHealth IT system's setup were some of the key findings cited in the Committee of Inquiry (COI) report on the SingHealth cyberattack that took place in July last year. The COI on the …