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SINGAPORE – Police have confirmed that they have initiated investigations against lawyer M. Ravi for a crime of criminal defamation.
In a statement Saturday night (November 7), police said the investigations were related to a Facebook post posted by Ravi on Friday.
Mr. Ravi alleged in the mail that he was told by Singapore attorney Eugene Thuraisingam that the Minister of Home Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam, had said that he “exercises influence over the Chief Justice” and “commands and controls (sic) Sundaresh Menon “.
Mr. Menon is the Chief Justice of Singapore.
On Friday, Thuraisingam wrote a letter to Mr. Shanmugam, saying that “there is absolutely no truth” to Ravi’s accusations.
Mr. Thuraisingam also posted a copy of the letter online on his Facebook page, referring to Ravi’s Facebook post as “false and completely false.”
Police added that according to Thuraisingam, Ravi had made similar allegations in a Facebook post published on June 12, 2017.
Thuraisingam had clarified with Shanmugam on June 13, 2017 that Ravi’s allegations were false.
No police action had been taken then.
Those guilty of criminal defamation can be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
Earlier this year, Ravi was embroiled in another case of unsubstantiated attacks on state prosecutors and a high-ranking district judge.
In September, a disciplinary court ruled that he should be ordered to pay a fine of at least $ 10,000 for these attacks, which were contained in a press release published by Ravi and posted online in July last year.
Mr. Ravi was also ordered to pay $ 3,000 in costs to the Law Society that processed the case.
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