Singapore - Reporters Without Borders calls for support for blogger Roy Ngerng

Reporters without borders

Press freedom organization says PM's libel suit is designed to silence whistle-blower and warn off others. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who brought a libel suit against the blogger Roy Ngerng Yi Ling in May, is now trying to rush the case through the courts to prevent a full examination of the evidence. This is the first time a Singaporean prime minister has taken legal proceedings against one of his own citizens. On the eve of the first hearing in the trial tomorrow, (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - jeudi 17 juillet 2014