Singaporean Cartoonist Leslie Chew Apologizes For Facebook Cartoons; Court Drops Contempt Charges

The Singaporean cartoonist Leslie Chew, real name Chew Peng Ee, has had the remaining contempt charges against him dropped by a Singaporean judge after the cartoonist apologized. The cartoons in question were posted to Facebook and ran afoul of that country's stance on criticizing government figures. A charge of sedition, terrifying as it sounds, was dropped earlier this month. While the wire stories seem to proclaim this a happy outcome -- and I guess it is compared to this guy going to jail for a bunch of years -- the thought that anyone would have to apologize for posting cartoons on Facebook critical of one's government is vomit-inducing.
 
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