The long-running battle to strike Singapore鈥檚 gay sex law from the books continues in court today with its latest appeal.
DJ Johnson Ong; a retired doctor named Roy Tan; and Bryan Choong, the former chief of LGBT nonprofit Oogachaga will attend a virtual hearing in the appeals court today, 10 months after their bid to challenge the archaic law under Section 377A of the Penal Code was dismissed by the high court.
鈥淭he legal teams will be making an appeal against High Court鈥檚 refusal to declare 377A unconstitutional. Legal teams working hard for this appeal, we are behind you all the way!鈥 the Ready4Repeal campaign, which has more than 70,000 followers, wrote Friday.聽
IMPORTANT UPDATE on the Section 377A challenge taking place 25th Jan, Monday 10am. The legal teams will be making an…
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The 10am proceeding, held virtually due COVID-19, was to be shown live via CCTV at the Court of Appeal building.
The legal teams fighting for the repeal include Remy Choo from Peter Low & Choo LLC, M Ravi from Carson Law Chambers, Harpreet Nehal Singh SC from Audent Chambers, and Eugene Thuraisingam, Suang Wijaya, Joel Wong, and Johannes Hadi from Eugene Thuraisingam LLP. They were captured this morning suited up and ready.
Bryan Chong鈥檚 legal team appealing against High Court鈥檚 refusal to declare Section 377A as unconstitutional happening now at the Court of Appeal. All the best! #Ready4Repeal
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It was previously dismissed by the high court when Justice See Kee Oon rejected arguments that the law was unconstitutional, it “serves the purpose of safeguarding public morality by showing societal moral disapproval of male homosexual acts.”
The law has existed since British colonial rule in 1938 and places any men who commit an 鈥渁ct of gross indecency鈥 together in prison for up to two years, though prosecutions are rare.
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