On 18th July, British author Alan Shadrake was arrested by Singapore police in his hotel on charges of 'criminal defamation', a day after his book, Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock, which was critical of the Singapore judicial system was launched.
Mnamo Julai 18, mwandishi Muingereza Alan Shadrake alikamatwa na polisi wa Singapore akiwa hotelini kwa tuhuma za "jinai ya kuharibu sifa" siku moja baada ya kitabu chake cha, "Once a Jolly Hangman": Haki Kwenye Gati Nchini Singapore, ambacho kilikosoa mfumo wa mahakama wa Singapore kilipozinduliwa.