Newspaper Headline

4 Aug , Today Paper:


JUDGE QUITS CHEE CASE TO WARD OFF CLAIMS OF BIAS


In an unusual development, the judge presiding over the defamation suits against Opposition politician Chee Soon Juan and his sister disqualified himself from the case.

This followed an application by Mr M Ravi, the lawyer for the Chee siblings, who had claimed that Justice Woo Bih Li may be biased against him.

The lawyer and the judge had been involved in a sharp, widely-reported exchange in court some three years back in a completely unrelated case.
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In 2003, Mr Ravi was representing convicted drug trafficker Vignes Mourthi, 22, who had been sentenced to death and had exhausted all avenues of appeal. Despite that, Mr Ravi sought a retrial and insisted on arguing even after the judge explained the case had run its course. He also sat down while the judge was taking notes.
"I find your conduct improper and I have to make a complaint to the Law Society," Justice Woo told him then.
To that, Mr Ravi had replied: "I have no fears ... I am migrating to Australia next month." Mr Ravi was subsequently fined.


Isnt it interesting how birds of a feather flock together? If I were the newspaper editor, I would use this headline instead: Problematic politician hires problematic lawyer
And for a tabloid paper, this would be my headline: Judge byes to Chee case / Judge says goodbye to Chee case