Stories about Singapore from February, 2019
Singaporean activist sentenced to 16 days in jail after hosting video chat with HK youth leader Joshua Wong

"There’s no sentence that I’d consider fair, because he should never have been charged."
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"There’s no sentence that I’d consider fair, because he should never have been charged."
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