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SINGAPORE: The three Singaporeans who have been found guilty of contempt of court in the kangaroo T-shirt case have been sentenced to jail.
Two of them, 19-year-old Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman and 33-year-old Isrizal Mohamed Isa, received a seven-day jail term each, while 47-year-old John Tan Liang Joo was slapped with a 15-day jail term.
Even before sentence was passed on Thursday, the trio refused to apologise to the court.
The court has allowed the three persons to begin their jail term next month to allow them to attend to some personal matters.
On May 26, the three men were at the Supreme Court building wearing T-shirts showing a kangaroo in a judge's gown while a hearing was taking place in the high court to determine damages that Singapore Democratic Party leader Chee Soon Juan and his sister, Chee Siok Chin, had to pay.
The two were being sued for defamation by Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.
- CNA/yt
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