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| * A parliamentary committee of privileges was set up to investigate Jeyaretnam's allegations of executive interference in the subordinate judiciary.((Ibid.)) | * A parliamentary committee of privileges was set up to investigate Jeyaretnam's allegations of executive interference in the subordinate judiciary.((Ibid.)) | ||
| + | * The Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act was also amended before the committee of privileges was set to examine Jeyaretnam's allegations, giving the parliament greater powers to punish MPs who are deemed to have abused parliamentary privilege.((Holloway, N. (1986, September 4). SINGAPORE: Parliament rushes through new amendments: Power and privilege. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 133//(36), 12.)) | ||
| + | * The leader of the house, foreign minister S. Dhanabalan, said the bill was needed to ensure that parliamentary and committee proceedings maintained "principles of truth, dignity and decorum", and to prevent the committee's investigations from turning into "a forum for another debate, an opportunity for more smears or a platform for histrionics."((Ibid.)) | ||
| ==== Outcome ==== | ==== Outcome ==== | ||
| - | * Jeyaretnam was found guilty and fined S$1,000.((Ibid.)) | + | * Jeyaretnam was found guilty of abuse of privilege and fined S$1,000.((Seow, op. cit., p. 145.)) |
| + | * The amendments allowed the parliament to | ||
| + | * impose a fine of up to S$50,000, up from the S$1,000 in the original 1962 Act, | ||
| + | * remove an MP's protection from civil action for a specified period. | ||
| * Jeyaretnam was later [[1987#march_18dhanabalan_vs_jeyaretnam|found guilty and further fined in 1987]] of contempt for publishing newsletters distorting the committee's proceedings.((Nigel Holloway. (1987, April 2). SINGAPORE: The trials of JBJ: A parliamentary body suggests fines for former MP Jeyaretnam. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 136//(14), 12.)) | * Jeyaretnam was later [[1987#march_18dhanabalan_vs_jeyaretnam|found guilty and further fined in 1987]] of contempt for publishing newsletters distorting the committee's proceedings.((Nigel Holloway. (1987, April 2). SINGAPORE: The trials of JBJ: A parliamentary body suggests fines for former MP Jeyaretnam. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 136//(14), 12.)) | ||
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| * Holloway, N. (1986, July 31). SINGAPORE: Justice is blind: A commission finds no executive interference in judiciary. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 133//(31), 13. | * Holloway, N. (1986, July 31). SINGAPORE: Justice is blind: A commission finds no executive interference in judiciary. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 133//(31), 13. | ||
| + | * Holloway, N. (1986, September 4). SINGAPORE: Parliament rushes through new amendments: Power and privilege. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 133//(36), 12. | ||
| * Holloway, N. (1987, April 2). SINGAPORE: The trials of JBJ: A parliamentary body suggests fines for former MP Jeyaretnam. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 136//(14), 12. | * Holloway, N. (1987, April 2). SINGAPORE: The trials of JBJ: A parliamentary body suggests fines for former MP Jeyaretnam. //Far Eastern Economic Review, 136//(14), 12. | ||
| * Seow, F. (1998). //The Media Enthralled: Singapore revisited / with a foreward by Henry J. Steiner//. Colorado, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers. | * Seow, F. (1998). //The Media Enthralled: Singapore revisited / with a foreward by Henry J. Steiner//. Colorado, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers. | ||
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| * A parliamentary fined of S$1,000 was imposed, with a further fine for publishing "distorted" reports of the proceedings in his party's newsletter. | * A parliamentary fined of S$1,000 was imposed, with a further fine for publishing "distorted" reports of the proceedings in his party's newsletter. | ||
| + | * The Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act was amended to give the parliament greater powers to punish errant MPs. | ||
| ===== March: Government vs Marilyn Odchimar ===== | ===== March: Government vs Marilyn Odchimar ===== | ||