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UK author jailed in Singapore over execution book (AFP)

November 16th, 2010

Alan Shadrake (pictured), a 75-year-old British author, has been jailed for six weeks and fined 20,000 Singapore dollars (15,000 US) for publishing a book critical of executions in Singapore.(AFP/File/Fyrol Anwar)AFP - A Singapore court jailed a defiant 76-year-old British author for six weeks on Tuesday for insulting the judiciary by publishing a book critical of executions in the city-state.


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