fattie john & his hidden ricebowl

ah...so fattie john has another ricebowl with MDIS. well, he's off to check in to queenstown resort. he would be there for about 15 days and tried to master another form of deadly skill to take on the LEEgime later. till then, there was certain uncanny calm maybe prelude to another storm??

Dec 15, 2008
Lecturer to start jail term
By Khushwant Singh

Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) assistant secretary-general John Tan Liang Joo (picture left) and full-time national serviceman Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman (picture right) leaving the High Court. --ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN

A PSYCHOLOGY lecturer, who was to serve his 15-day jail sentence on Thursday for contempt of court for wearing a T-shirt depicting a kangaroo dressed in judge's robes, will start his jail term on Tuesday.
Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) assistant secretary-general John Tan Liang Joo, 47, told the High Court that he had been able to reschedule his lectures at the Management Development Institute of Singapore.

He also said that he had lost his primary job at the James Cook University and would like to get his jail term over with so he can start looking for another job upon his release.

Tan and two other men - activist Isrizal Mohamed Isa and full-time national serviceman Muhammad Shafi'ie Syahmi Sariman - wore the T-shirts between May 26 and 28 at the Supreme Court.

This was when they were at hearings where Justice Belinda Ang assessed defamation damages that the SDP, its leader Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin had to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

The trio were sentenced on Nov 27.

Isrizal and Muhammad Shafi'ie were jailed for seven days each and started serving sentence last Friday as Isrizal had wanted to settle his personal affairs while Muhammad Shafi'ie wanted to complete his basic military training.

Justice Judith Prakash also ordered the three men to pay $5,000 each in costs to the Attorney-General's Chambers, and for other expenses it incurred during the proceedings.

Tan, who had been given a postponement as he was conducting lectures, said on Monday that he had been able to reschedule his classes and is now free to go to jail.

Tan, who was accompanied by his wife, was also allowed to surrender himself to the High Court at 1pm on Tuesday instead of the customary 10am, after he told Justice Choo Han Teck that some friends had arranged a sending-off lunch for him.