Lunchtime O'Booze
June 3rd, 2008, 08:42
This example has special circumstances with Singapores strict laws but I've read that some US and British citizens are now taking out libel cases in French courts where the laws of privacy are much stricter.
One person won a case aginst a UK newspaper because it's website could be read in France and another won about remarks from a book repeated on a website even though the book sold only 25 copies in the UK.
All very confusing as to where it might all end..especially with the USA where it's almost impssible to sue because of their Freedom Of Speech .
******************************************
US blogger charged in Singapore over 'prostituting' comment
A California-based blogger who allegedly accused a judge of "prostituting herself" has been arrested and charged in Singapore, his lawyer and a court document said Monday.
Gopalan Nair, a former Singapore lawyer who is now a US citizen, was arrested in the city-state Saturday and charged Monday with insulting a public servant, his lawyer Chia Ti Lik told AFP.
Nair, 58, was later remanded in custody for one more week as the authorities said they needed to investigate further, Chia told reporters.
He is due back in court next Monday.
"We can confirm that Gopalan Nair, a US citizen, was arrested on May 31," a US embassy spokesman said, adding that "we are monitoring the case closely."
According to a court document, Nair is charged with insulting Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean last Thursday by sending an email which said she "was throughout prostituting herself during the entire proceedings, by being nothing more than an employee of Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his son and carrying out their orders".
Nair's lawyer Chia said the comments essentially repeated those Nair made in a recent blog about a defamation case filed by Singapore's leaders against an opposition party and its members.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1 (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080602140528.9wnrpke3&show_article=1)
One person won a case aginst a UK newspaper because it's website could be read in France and another won about remarks from a book repeated on a website even though the book sold only 25 copies in the UK.
All very confusing as to where it might all end..especially with the USA where it's almost impssible to sue because of their Freedom Of Speech .
******************************************
US blogger charged in Singapore over 'prostituting' comment
A California-based blogger who allegedly accused a judge of "prostituting herself" has been arrested and charged in Singapore, his lawyer and a court document said Monday.
Gopalan Nair, a former Singapore lawyer who is now a US citizen, was arrested in the city-state Saturday and charged Monday with insulting a public servant, his lawyer Chia Ti Lik told AFP.
Nair, 58, was later remanded in custody for one more week as the authorities said they needed to investigate further, Chia told reporters.
He is due back in court next Monday.
"We can confirm that Gopalan Nair, a US citizen, was arrested on May 31," a US embassy spokesman said, adding that "we are monitoring the case closely."
According to a court document, Nair is charged with insulting Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean last Thursday by sending an email which said she "was throughout prostituting herself during the entire proceedings, by being nothing more than an employee of Mr Lee Kuan Yew and his son and carrying out their orders".
Nair's lawyer Chia said the comments essentially repeated those Nair made in a recent blog about a defamation case filed by Singapore's leaders against an opposition party and its members.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... _article=1 (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080602140528.9wnrpke3&show_article=1)