Below is an extract of a post by Han Hui Hui, a 21 year old who received
a letter from Allen and Gledhill, threatening to sue her for defaming
the Council for Private Education (CPE). She had problem finding someone
to defend her and finally ended up with Singapore’s Number One Human
Rights lawyer M Ravi coming to her defence..
‘On 19th April, I went to the high court to seek declaration that CPE
being a government body does not have the rights to sue or threaten to
sue Singaporeans for defamation.
I’m now seeking protection against this defamation suit via the
constitution and the ordinary laws of the land. This lawsuit is not for
anyone but for everyone, for the entire Singapore population, for the
sake of our freedom of speech.
I took up this case not because I’m against the government but because
of the love for our country, the need to protect human rights, our
constitutional rights, our freedom of speech, our basic citizens’
rights.
Who does the CPE reports to? The ministry of education.
Who does MOE reports to? The parliament.
Who pays them their salary? Us, we the taxpayers.
How can they use our money to sue us for defamation?
The attorney general’s chamber is now involved as well.
The fact that AGC, the government is being involved further shows that
our stand that the CPE a government body under Ministry of education
does not have the right to sue for defamation. If public bodies funded by the public, can sue for defamation this will
result in a stifling of criticisms, or genuine grievances, especially
from those who do not have such an amount of resources.
How can they use their public fund to sue us? We should not allow public
bodies to use lawsuits to silence criticisms against them. Why is the
government going against our most creative cartoonist Mr Leslie Chew?
Did any of his work Demon-cratic caused violence or people to have
inability to pay their bills or be forced to leave the country?
We need to build a stronger and more inclusive Singapore so can we have our freedom of speech to hear the voice of everyone?
So our constitutional rights must be upheld against being sued for defamation by public bodies.
Statutory board being a governmental body does not have the rights to
sue or threaten to sue Singaporeans. I can forget about this case, I can
forget about this lawsuit, I don’t have to fight this lawsuit. But I
want to protect the rights of all other Singaporeans out there. Should
we fight for our constitutional rights and the future of Singaporeans?’
More info of the court application: http://statboard-suecitizen.blogspot.sg/.
To lend her a helping hand financially for this high court application,
you can donate to her POSB Savings account number 279-12328-0.
5 comments:
The PAP government is suing Han Hui Hui.
Do you think a WP government will sue Han Hui Hui?
ESM Goh Chok Tong says "Singapore is at a turning point and needs to change to avert a mid-life crisis."
So like this case got any change or not?
Han Hui Hui, a brave young lass taking on the Govt
RB
Oh my God. What happen to the older ones? Not even ready to join opposition, let alone form alternative to PAP?
Older ones blog.
Or like me, just comment only in blogs.
That's about it lah. What more you expect, Anon 12.09 am?
You motherfuckers better listen to redbean. If you want to be "we the people" instead of "wee the sheeple" then you'd better get behind the constitution and FORCE the government (and it's motherfucking stat boards and their power-crazed lord-high-commissars-in-charge) to ABIDE BY THE LAWS they themselves swore to uphold, or signed a contract to do so.
Hit hard, and keep hitting. Here's meme yiu can help spread:
HOW CAN WE TRUST A GOVERNMENT THAT DOESN'T ABIDE BY THE CONSTITUTION? If the PAP is the government and the government is the PAP then the PAP MUST abide by the constiutution
Do not forget they are given the mandate to change the constitution as they like. Voters must learn to be smarter. Never ever give any party so much power. It is putting the entire nation at risk.
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