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September 12, 2005
Two bloggers charged under Sedition Act over racist remarks
Channel NewsAsia reported...
For the first time in Singapore, two bloggers have been charged under the Sedition Act with making racist remarks.
Trackback from mrbrown:
If anyone has more details, post in the comments here. I will update this post when I have more info....
Trackback from Cowboy Caleb - Local Racist Bloggers Charged:
We should not let racists get away lightly. The Intarweb is a public place, and as such if you have nothing nice to say then shut the hell up....
Trackback from SingaSingapore:
...For my part, I have no idea what the comments were, but I can bring you through the legislation: (irrelevant portions deleted)... I'm sure that in the course of time someone will point to what exactly these seditious comments are ... anyone who re......
Trackback from Balderdash:
The consequences of saying something that is challenged may not be to be locked up in jail, disappearing in the middle of the night and not coming back, but to risk-averse Singaporeans substantial jailtime and a hefty fine isn't much better....
Trackback from zeenie's bean bag:
I hope this does not set a dangerous precedent in many ways. The only time i've heard the word 'sedition' used was in Last of the Mohicans. ...
Trackback from My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}:
A lot of us (me included, though I’ve suspected for awhile) found out this morning that if you make a racist comment on a forum or a blog and you can be charged under the Sedition Act.In fact, there are a variety of things you could do on yo......
Trackback from Rawk Only!:
Yet again, the government never fails to kill a part of my soul. 25-year-old Nicholas and 27-year-old Benjamin, both bloggers, are being charged under the Sedition Act for posting racist remarks on the Internet. Now, don’t get me wrong, racism ......
Trackback from Singasingapore:
The bloggers might be saved by s3(2), which states that (this is set out in full) any act, speech, words, publication or other thing shall not be deemed to be seditious by reason only that it has a tendency......
Trackback from Simon World:
China's most popular forum post ever (a post so good the China Daily copied it). The untold history of the Chinese Exclusion Act from new blog UV Garden. China Telecom has banned voice over IP services such as Skype. Will notes that Skype calls are encrypted. The geopolitics of China's oil strategy. Yahoo's founder defends the company in the Shi Tao case. The Chinese Law Prof blog says Yahoo didn't need to give the information over to the Chinese, concurring with Rebecca MacKinnon's opinion that Yahoo had a choice. Roger L. Simon isn't impressed by Yahoo's logic. Asiapundit has a carnival of Chinese blogs and Michael Turton has a Taiwan blog roundup. I'm still not sure if this is a hoax, but the attempt at oursourced blogging took another leap forward with the discovery of employees using IM. Who would have thought that those you talk to on......
Trackback from CdG - state of fear:
If anybody deserves to be charged and arrested for speaking their minds, it would be these two..... The problem is, under the circumstances, nobody deserves to....
Trackback from Jeff's Blog:
Now we all know how ambiguous these sorts of things can be (remember the scholar?), especially in the context of online content like forum posts and blog entries. I wonder what the real story is......
Trackback from Tym Blogs Too!:
Embrace the political, if you are a citizen who's going to be engaged and involved in this society. And remember: the political is not the seditious....
Trackback from From a Singapore Angle:
The backstory according to the report is that on June 14, ST Forum Page published a letter asking if "cab companies allowed uncaged pets to be transported in taxis, after she saw a dog standing on a taxi seat next to its owner."...
Trackback from Born on Ninth of August - Mummy, what can or cannot be blogged?:
Even in countries with a widely accepted broad interpretation of free speech principles there are initiatives pursuing a more restrictive view regarding racist contents on the Internet....
Trackback from IZ Reloaded: There's a little bit of racism in all of us:
... But like the evil itself, racism still flourishes. And let me tell you, it is everywhere, even in people like you and I. Hands up for those who have never said anything racist before. ...
Trackback from Catharsis of a Virgin Undergraduate:
......multiculturalism is and the racial harmony we've painstakingly achieved are the defining traits that makes us so proud to be singaporeans. self-censorhip need not neccessarily be one of them....
Trackback from LittleCardNoodles: Freedom of speech:
I long for the day when Singaporeans can engage in active debate over social and national issues, and question the Government, without fear of persecution, direct or indirect. But for now, the idiots who insult my Malay friends can fry....
Trackback from Double Yellow's Racism in Singapore Blogosphere – Some Lessons :
You can alter the way you dress, change your job, amend your political loyalties and even choose another religious faith. But you can’t change your race....
Trackback from Nebulaenova.com:
I think causing racial disharmony is the worst terrorism act within a society....
Trackback from Slashdot article:
made it on slashdot....
Trackback from e pur si muove (wiki):
Wiki: Latest news: Two Singapore Bloggers arrested under the Sedition Act for allegedly making racist remarks on online fora....
Trackback from Cornfucius:
I think in the future, bloggers might have to apply from the 'Ma Ta' (aka police) first, in order to publish any post. So...instead of writing everyday.......
Trackback from SomethingStickyThisWayComes:
The other part of me is sick at the fact that there isn't even a pretense of free speech now...
Trackback from ringisei: Horror! Shock! Controversy! Yawn!:
This incident merely marks another step in how state authorities are reclaiming control and jurisdiction over what goes on in the internet. In this respect, the PRC continues to show the way......
Trackback from Queer Singaporean:
So.. 2 bloggers who made racist comments got sued. Apparantly it wasn't exactly on a blog, but a forum for dog lovers.. Now does anyone remember what happened months ago with the Racist PSC scholar Chua Cheng Zhan?...
Trackback from Atypical Singaporean:
What if you wrote about hello-kitty collectors and a horde of teenage girls clad in pink come howling at your door in cold blood? ...
Trackback from enter the myoclonic jerk:
The Sedition Act is a scary thing. To be applied judiciously and used with a balancing scale that’s as just and fair as possible. Isn’t it intimidating that intention is irrelevant? How do you measure “tendency”?...
Trackback from My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}:
The New Paper: Simply electric!Lordy, this matter has consumed me. But before I go further, there’s one thing that I have to be mindful of when discussing the case.
Channelnews Asia called the other night to tell me that the names of the o......
Trackback from My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}:
Excerpt:
Bloggers react to news of charge against 2 for ‘racist rants’ TWO bloggers were charged on Monday under the Sedition Act for allegedly racist comments made on an online forum and on a website. Naturally, this has sent ripples......
Trackback from It's Time to Rock!:
The Sedition Act and the enforcement of such, thus, seems to be a direct contradiction to the 'open and consultative' image that the government has been portraying. ...
Trackback from asiapundit:
First they came for the dog lovers, and I did not speak out because I am a cat owner. The Singapore blogosphere is reacting strongly to the sedition charges against the two Singaporeans who made racist comments on bulletin...
Trackback from Barbarossa returns!:
when was the last time you ever heard a Chinese being arrested for insulting a Malay? Even in real life? I can't recall any such incidents.... why invoke the Sedition act when the Religious Harmony Act would put the point across more forcefully?...
Trackback from The Daily Backtrack:
I think being racist is a characteristic of Singaporeans. Just look at our schools, especially Chinese schools. It's all in the subtleties, so much so that a few careless comments aren't going to cause racial riots......
Trackback from chrisloup:
The logic seems to be that "promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility between races in Singapore" is inherently seditious. You could redefine theft to be sedition using that logic (hey, it "promotes suspicion amongst neighbours in Singapore"). ...
Trackback from twin stars:
Yet again, the government never fails to kill a part of my soul. 25-year-old Nicholas and 27-year-old Benjamin, both bloggers, are being charged under the Sedition Act for posting racist remarks on the Internet. Now, don’t get me wrong, racism is ......
Trackback from Wannabe Lawyer:
In the spirit of the recent anti-racist rhetoric, let me post up the wise words of Monty Python. Vive la Sedition Act!Never be rude to an Arab, An Israeli, or Saudi, or Jew, Never be rude to an Irishman, No matter what you do. Never poke fun ......
Trackback from My Very Own Glob {Curiosa Felicitas}:
In between having to work, I thought idly about why the prosecutors chose to charge the two bloggers/forummers under the Sedition Act. One of the first thoughts that came to mind was ‘what about the Religious Harmony Act’? (The other thoug......
Trackback from TODAYonline:
Under the regulatory framework, Internet content providers, including web authors, are automatically licensed under the Broadcasting Act and must comply with the terms and conditions of the licence or they will not be able to broadcast online....
Trackback from Third person charged with sedition for racist remarks on blog site - Yahoo! News:
SINGAPORE : A third person has been charged under the Sedition Act with promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races of Singapore....
Trackback from Anne-naa's Style:
My cousin made a report about it and the police tracked him down and all and they are doing investigations now. The commander actually sent her a report about the things that they are investigating....
Trackback from Anne-naa's Style:
My cousin made a report about it and the police tracked him down and all and they are doing investigations now. The commander actually sent her a report about the things that they are investigating....
Trackback from SINGAPORE BLOG BUST:
I am an ex-Singapore resident who first learned how to use the Internet in Singapore. Prior to that, I had no idea what it was. I was a denizen of Singapore’s first Internet cafes...
Trackback from Trompe L'oeil:
How is it then, that so many authors I read do not worry about first doing the right thing, but rather appear hell-bent on pushing the boundaries for reasons I can only generalise at this point in time to be 70% fame-motivated, and 30% self-expression....
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