Wall Street Journal Asia is fined S$25,000 for their “two decade attack on judges“, consisting of publishing two less than complimentary editorials (first, second) and a letter from Chee Soon Juan.  (Quick recap of the whole saga here.)  This quote from the Straits Times says it all, really:

THE High Court on Tuesday fined Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA) in contempt of court and fined it $25,000 – the highest ever fine meted out for such cases in Singapore. …

At that hearing, Attorney-General Walter Woon asked the court to impose a ‘substantial fine’ on the publisher of WSJA to send a signal that would stop others from making similar attacks. …

Prof Woon said the articles, taken together, implied that the courts did not dispense justice fairly in cases involving critics of senior political figures, and that they played a part in suppressing dissent through the award of damages for libel.

Full text of judgment at Singapore Law Watch.

On the same day, three SDP members were also found guilty of contempt of court for wearing kangaroo T-shirts at the Lee vs Chee defamation trial.