SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court sentenced an opposition leader to one day in jail and fined him S$6,000 ($3,700) on Friday for questioning the independence of the city-state's judiciary.
Failure to pay the fine by 5 p.m. on Friday would result in a one-week prison sentence, the High Court said.
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