Li Shengwu hires top UK lawyer David Pannick to fight contempt of court case in Singapore

SINGAPORE - The nephew of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Mr Li Shengwu, has hired a top British lawyer to advise him in his contempt of court case.

Mr Li, an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University, said on Facebook on Wednesday :"I'm grateful for Lord Pannick's guidance and help, even as he has been in the midst of winning a landmark constitutional case in the UK." The contempt of court case is over a Facebook post Mr Li put up on July 15, 2017, in which he said"the Singapore Government is very litigious and has a pliant court system".

The Attorney-General said that the post was an"egregious and baseless attack" on the judiciary, and started contempt of court proceedings against Mr Li the following month, after he failed to comply with a request to remove the post.

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