Attacks on the Press in 2010 - Committee to Protect Journalists

<strong>Attacks</strong> on the Press in 2010them as a political dynasty, according to news reports. The companyagreed to pay 60,000 Singaporean dollars (US$42,600) to Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong; 50,000 Singaporean dollars (US$35,500) to hisfather, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s founder and first prime minister;and another 50,000 Singaporean dollars (US$35,500) to Goh ChokTong, who served as prime minister between father and son, accordingto The Associated Press. The article appeared in the Times-ownedInternational Herald Tribune.» » British author Alan Shadrake was sentenced in November to six weeksin prison on contempt-of-court charges stemming from his 2010 book,Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock, which criticizedthe country’s use of capital punishment. Shadrake, 76, was also fined20,000 Singapore dollars (US$15,400) and ordered to pay 55,000 Singaporedollars (US $42,000) in legal costs, according to news reports.High Court Judge Quentin Loh said he imposed the harsh penalty inorder to send “a signal to those who hope to profit from controversy,”The Wall Street Journal reported. Shadrake, based in Malaysia, was arrestedin July when he visited Singapore to launch his book. Shadrakewas free in late year pending appeal.174