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| * Libel suit by senior government officials with hefty financial penalties. | * Libel suit by senior government officials with hefty financial penalties. | ||
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| ===== Nov 20, 1994 - Janary 1995: Goh Chok Tong vs Catherine Lim ===== | ===== Nov 20, 1994 - Janary 1995: Goh Chok Tong vs Catherine Lim ===== | ||
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| ==== Category of Repression ==== | ==== Category of Repression ==== | ||
| - | * The journalist was publicly castigated by the press secretary and the prime minister. | + | * The author was publicly castigated by the press secretary and the prime minister. |
| * The //Straits Times// was observed to have practised self-censorship by discontinuing Lim's commentary --- which had until then been published periodically. | * The //Straits Times// was observed to have practised self-censorship by discontinuing Lim's commentary --- which had until then been published periodically. | ||
| * Fear of making political commentary was instilled amongst the "English-educated intelligensia" in view of the harsh rebuke from the government to Lim's criticisms. | * Fear of making political commentary was instilled amongst the "English-educated intelligensia" in view of the harsh rebuke from the government to Lim's criticisms. | ||
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| ===== December: Government vs NUS academic Bilveer Singh ===== | ===== December: Government vs NUS academic Bilveer Singh ===== | ||