Singapore Prime Minister's nephew fined for contempt of court

The decision to recover a fine in the amount of more than $10 thousand was made by the Singapore court in relation to the nephew of the country's Prime Minister Li Xian Long, who on his Facebook page criticized the Singaporean government and the judicial system. This was reported on July 29 by the Straits Times. According to journalists of the publication, in his publication, the nephew of the head of government wrote that the country's cabinet is very controversial and he has a pliable judicial system. The court decided that such a wording in the publication of the nephew of the Prime Minister of Singapore could undermine public confidence in the country's justice. At the same time, the arguments of the accused party that this post was personal, since only friends of the owner of this account had access to it, were not taken into account by the judge. According to the court decision, the son of Li's younger brother Xian Long was ordered to pay a fine of 15 thousand Singapore dollars (over 10 thousand US dollars). Otherwise, he faces imprisonment for one week. Note, as reported by the news agency, on July 25 it became known that a citizen of Singapore was charged in the United States with collecting military-political information about the country for the Chinese special services.