TR EMERITUS

Read this in the TRE. ‘According to the Lianhe Zaobao, an 11-year old boy had committed suicide by jumping off a block at 470A Fernvale Link yesterday (18 May). … the boy’s mother was seen crying next to the his body while his father apologised continuously. It is unclear why the suicide took place but the boy was supposed... 

I read this report of a drunk Japanese man slapping three policemen while being held at an MRT station office. It is so unreal, so unbelieveable. Let me quote from the Straits Times, ‘At about 11.25pm, he slapped a policeman once each on his right and left cheeks. Ten minutes later, he slapped another officer's right cheek... 

Lord Lester QC in this week’s BBC Hardtalk interview described British judges in the earlier years as “reactionary and blinkered." In the book he made reference to a 1980 death penalty case. He represented Ong Ah Chuan in an appeal from Singapore’s court to the Privy Council. Ong was found guilty of trafficking in heroin,...