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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

Singapore editor jailed for defamation over corruption claims

Terry Xu  speaks to reporters outside the supreme court in Singapore in November 2020
Terry Xu speaks to reporters outside the supreme court in Singapore in November 2020. Photograph: Jason Quah/The Straits Times/EPA

The editor of a now-closed Singaporean news outlet has been jailed for three weeks for defamation over a letter published on the site that alleged corruption among government ministers.

Terry Xu, the former editor of the Online Citizen, was convicted last year for the publication of a letter that said there was “corruption at the highest echelons”.

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