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SINGAPORE - Former Singaporean lawyer and ex-Workers' Party election candidate, Gopalan Nair, was charged on Monday with insulting a Singapore judge in his blog by saying she was "prostituting herself", a court document said.
In the blog, Gopalan Nair - a US citizen - criticised a recent legal hearing at which Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong testified in a defamation case they filed against the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP).
Nair, 58, is charged with insulting Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean by saying she was "prostituting herself during the entire proceedings, by being nothing more than an employee of MM Lee and PM Lee and carrying out their orders," a court document said. Justice Ang presided over the hearing.
The latest Penal Code charge replaces an initial charge, which alleged Nair sent the comments in an email, his lawyer Chia Ti Lik said. If convicted, Nair faces up to one year in prison and a S$5,000 fine.
Last Thursday, another charge accused Nair of calling Singapore judges "corrupt".
Nair, who is currently out on bail, has vowed to dispute the charges.
Nair was also told by the court on Monday that he must report daily to the police, as a condition of his bail, until July 14, when a date for his trial will likely be set. - AFP/CNA/ir
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