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Justice Choo
Han Teck dismissed Dr Chee's appeal that travel application was
made and the OA had not turned it down even on the day of his
departure.
Dr Chee's travel
applications
Apr
06
World Movement for Democracy (WMD) 4th Assembly
Istanbul, Turkey
Sponsors: WMD
REJECTED
Apr
06
Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace: A Conference of Asian
Bloggers, Podcasters and Online News Providers
Manila,
Philippines
Sponsors: Southeast Asian Press Alliance
REJECTED
June
06
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) &
Alliance for Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Annual
Meeting
Pasay City, Philippines
Sponsors:
CALD
REJECTED
Sep
06
Meeting of the International Steering Committee of the NGO
Process of the Community of Democracies
New York City,
US
Sponsors: World Forum for Democratization in Asia
(WFDA)
REJECTED
Sep
06
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats Executive Committee
Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan
Sponsors: CALD
REJECTED
Sep
06
Book Launch of Dr Chee's ‘Political Myths of
Singapore’
Gothenburg, Sweden
Sponsors: Swedish
International Liberal Center
REJECTED
Oct
06
International Civil Society Forum for Democracy
Doha,
Qatar
Sponsors: Qatar Government
REJECTED
Nov
06
Liberal International Congress
Marrakesh,
Morocco
Sponsors: CALD
REJECTED
Jan
07
Community of Democracies ISC Meeting & the Asia
Regional Roundtable
Taipei, Taiwan
Sponsors: Taiwan
Foundation for Democracy
REJECTED
Feb
07
Political Party Management and Development Workshop
Jakarta, Indonesia
Sponsors: CALD
REJECTED
Mar
07
Working Group Meeting of the Community of Democracies
Rome,
Italy
Sponsors: Italy Government
REJECTED
Mar
07
Travel with family to Taiwan to see ailing
father-in-law
Sponsors: Relatives
REJECTED
May
07
Gwangju Annual Human Rights Conference
Gwangju, South
Korea
Sponsors: May 18 Memorial Foundation
REJECTED
Jul
07
Defending Civil Society Conference
Bangkok,
Thailand
Sponsors: WMD
REJECTED
Sep
07
International Steering Committee meeting for Community for
Democracies
New York City, US
Sponsors: WFDA
REJECTED
Sep
07
Executive Committee meeting for Council of Asia Liberals
and Democrats (CALD)
Phonom Penh, Cambodia
Sponsors: CALD
REJECTED
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Media
Release: Citizen Chee Soon Juan goes to prison again
04
Sep 07
As expected, the high court today dismissed Dr.
Chee Soon Juan's appeal against a lower court conviction of
attempting to leave Singapore as an undischarged bankrupt.
Judge Choo Han Teck upheld the fine of four thousand
dollars or, in lieu, three weeks imprisonment imposed by a
district judge on 26 February, 2007. As a result of the
unsuccessful appeal, the Singapore Democratic Party
Secretary-General has begun his prison term at the Queenstown
Remand Prison.
On 1st April, 2006, Dr. Chee was stopped at
the airport immigration check point and his passport confiscated
while trying to leave for the World Movement for Democracy
conference in Turkey.
Dr. Chee's position during the lower
court trial was that there was no clear directive from the
Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office (IPTO) to prevent him from
leaving the country. The IPTO created confusion when it assigned
at least six officers to handle Dr. Chee's case.
This
morning's appeal saw both the defence and the prosecution taking
more than an hour to put across their arguments. Dr. Chee's
counsel, Mr. Alfred Dodwell told the court that there was so much
inconsistency in the way IPTO handled the case when all Dr. Chee
wanted was fair treatment as an ordinary citizen, and not as a
politician. Because of the uncertainty and confusion caused by
IPTO, the benefit of the doubt should be given to Dr Chee.
Despite the elaborate argument put forth by the defence
and prosecution, Judge Choo, took just a few seconds to dismiss
the appeal and uphold the sentence, not
to the surprise of everyone present.
Gandhi
Ambalam
Chairman
Singapore Democratic Party
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