Wall Sreet Journal editors fined for contempt

A Singapore court yesterday ordered a Wall Street Journal editor to pay a fine of S$10,000 ($6,600) for contempt of court, following a fine last year against the newspaper for the same three articles at issue.

The court also ordered Melanie Kirkpatrick, deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, to pay legal costs of S$10,000, the Attorney-General's Chambers said in a statement.

The statement said the three articles, published separately from June to July 2008 in the Wall Street Journal Asia, "impugn the impartiality, integrity and independence of the Singapore Judiciary".