When have you seen Lee and Son lose a libel suit?
When PAP Members, incl GohCT sued JBJ in 1981
The judge then, Michael Khoo found him guilty. However, on
sentencing, Khoo imposed a fine that was below the threshold that
would have stripped Jeyaretnam of his parliamentary seat. Many
commentators saw that as a moral victory for
Jeyaretnam who had just created political history by being
the first opposition politician to be elected to Parliament,
breaking the PAP monopoly of over 15 years. Equally, they saw the
prosecution as an attempt to unseat him by judicial means.
In August 1981, Khoo was removed from the bench and
transferred back to the Attorney-General's Chambers.
in October the same year, Goh Appealed the judgement, and since its
a new judge, the amount is 10 times more than Michael Khoo judged,
maybe Justice S. Rajendran really wants to stay on the bench
=P
