Letter: Singapore and press freedom - Michael Eng Cheng Teo, High commissioner of Singapore

Guardian.co.uk, 26 Nov 2010Your editorial endorsed Mr Alan Shadrake's book as "legitimate and ... largely accurate" (Press freedom: The Singpore grip, 17 November). Mr Shadrake had alleged, without any basis, that the Singapore courts conspired with state agencies to suppress material evidence. Such a statement would be considered to be in contempt of court in many common law jurisdictions,