Freedom Of Speech

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Hi! We are a group of year 3 students from Ngee Ann Polythenic. We are doing on this module” IT Law and Governance”. We have done some research on the topic ” Freedom of speech”, do leave us your comments as it will help us in our project.

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*Blogger arrested for racist post

article taken from: http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=92734

Singapore law penalizes anyone who “deliberately wounds the religious or racial feelings of another” with up to three years of jail and a fine

The Straits Times
Thursday, May 22, 2008

A blogger has been arrested for posting a racist rant on his website that has stoked an online firestorm.

The 24-year-old was taken into custody on Tuesday evening at his Paya Lebar Way home, said police.

They accused him of making posts which ‘may wound the racial feelings of another person’.

A computer, believed to have been used to make the post, was also seized for investigations…

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