Kangaroo court
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Originally posted by googoomuck:
How about wearing this t-shirt to kangaroo court?
Ha ha ha!
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Nov 27, 2008T-shirt trio get jail
By Goh Chin Lian THREE men who wore T-shirts depicting a kangaroo dressed in judge's robes were sentenced to jail for contempt of court on Thursday, after they refused to apologise for their actions.
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) assistant secretary-general John Tan Liang Joo, 47, was sentenced to 15 days in jail.
Activist Isrizal Mohamed Isa, 33, and full-time national serviceman Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman, 20, were each sentenced to seven days in jail.
Justice Judith Prakash also ordered each of them to pay $5,000 in costs to the Attorney-General's Chambers, as well as other expenses it incurred during the proceedings.
But the trio are not starting their jail terms immediately.
Justice Prakash gave time for Isrizal to settle his personal affairs and Shafi'ie to complete his basic military training.
They are to surrender themselves on Dec 12.
Tan, who told the court he is considering an appeal, was given until Dec 18, after he said he was considering an appeal to start serving his jail term.
In sentending the three, Justice Prakash - who found the trio in contempt of court at a hearing on Monday - noted that they did not apologise and withdraw the insinuations they made about the courts when they were given the opportunity to do so.
'The fact that none of you have shown any contrition, but maintained what you did was justified and fair criticism when it was not fair criticism - and I will explain in my judgement why it was not fair criticism - I think there is no alternative in this case but to impose a sentence of incarceration,' she said.
Her decision came after a one-day hearing on Monday.
The Attorney-General's Chambers initiated contempt of court proceedings against the men for having 'scandalised the Singapore Judiciary by publicly wearing identical white T-shirts, imprinted with a palm-sized picture of a kangaroo dressed in a judge's gown, within and in the vicinity of the New Supreme Court Building'.
They wore the T-shirts between May 26 and May 28 at the Supreme Court.
This was when they were at hearings where Justice Belinda Ang assessed defamation damages that the SDP, its leader Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin had to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.
On Monday, Deputy Solicitor-General Jeffrey Chan sought a stiff jail terms for the trio, saying that the worst insult someone can level against the judicial system is to call it a kangaroo court.
This is generally understood to mean a court that is characterised by unauthorised or irregular procedures, or sham and unfair legal proceedings.
Mr Chan said the men's refusal to apologise reaffirmed their contempt of court. He urged Justice Prakash to pass a sentence that would denounce such a show of contempt and deter others from acting in the same way.
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Originally posted by seyKai:
many were haul to court for not paying their conservative charges and TC got so much reserve and can gamble away the money and not lowering the charges . is there justice?
you forget one of the courts' core functions: to prosecute those found breaking laws. this is irrespective of how menial or serious the offences may be, or whatever it is [or not] that drove the perpetrators to break those laws.
however, it is also worth noting [and it is also something that you have failed to mention] that the courts do not always go all out to put offenders down. the courts also gain both sides of the story, and any mitigating circumstances that might have driven the offender to commit the crimes/law-breaking acts will be taken into consideration during the course of the trial, or when sentencing is meted out.
Granted, nobody will be able to escape punishment [because the offence has already been committed], but there are instances when the courts exercise discretion and deal with the offenders accordingly, on the merits of each case.
As a result, people will get varying punishments: some get the maximum, some get discount, some even get other forms of punishments due to whatever other circumstances.
justice is for everyone: the victim, and even the accused person.
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7 days jail and $5,000 fine is overkill,they should have worn a wallaby T-shirt and get away with it.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
7 days jail and $5,000 fine is overkill,they should have worn a wallaby T-shirt and get away with it.
brother,the issue was that the kangaroo puts on the judge's gown. it's not just a kangaroo la
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Three more Singaporeans inducted into the Singapore Martyrs Hall of Fame.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
7 days jail and $5,000 fine is overkill,they should have worn a wallaby T-shirt and get away with it.
After all the hoo ha, they still refuse to apologize, so they will get maximum for breaking the law. The court has a reputation to uphold.
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Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:
Three more Singaporeans inducted into the Singapore Martyrs Hall of Fame.
is that a bit too soon and too exaggerated? it's only up to two weeks in jail and 5000 dollars (average of 3 mths' pay).
so easy can be martyrs meh? ask them if they wld die for singapore.
it's disrespect to the pple who really fought and died for singapore in the past. :/
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Originally posted by yamizi:
brother,the issue was that the kangaroo puts on the judge's gown. it's not just a kangaroo la
If was a judge in a kangaroo suit more Jialat ar not? -
Originally posted by cathykitty:
is that a bit too soon and too exaggerated? it's only up to two weeks in jail and 5000 dollars (average of 3 mths' pay).
so easy can be martyrs meh? ask them if they wld die for singapore.
it's disrespect to the pple who really fought and died for singapore in the past. :/
For Andrew anyone who politically protest and gets into trouble deep is called a Martyr.He is too lazy to look for a better word. -
want to become a martyr very easy what... go and rob a gun and shoot corrupted officials. guarantee plus chop newspaper come out big big and internet news spread across the globe in a couple of minutes. then you get gun down like a beehive and become a martyr.
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joe kinnear was charged for calling a refree micky mouse