‘Failed to practise responsible journalism’: TOC’s Terry Xu fined S$18k for contempt of court

Terry Xu had reposted an open letter by an Australian citizen who questioned the equity of Singapore’s justice system. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Chief editor of sociopolitical website The Online Citizen (TOC) Terry Xu has been fined S$18,000 for contempt of court for reposting an open letter by an Australian citizen who questioned the equity of Singapore’s justice system.

The High Court also ordered Xu to delete the article from TOC’s website, but ruled that the accompanying comments left by readers on the Web page do not have to be removed.