give us the background to what has taken place here. >> alan shadrake wrote a book called "once a jollyangman." a detailed cases that says it justice has been denied. he is very critical of the singapore government for using the death penalty, and he goes into the innermost details of several cases there. he says -- that judiciary has come back and said this is an insult and that he has been acting in contempt of court. >> he has this jail sentence and he has been fined, so singapore is taking this seriously. could it go further than this? >> the singapore government has a habit of taking this kind of criticism very seriously. it has previously prosecuted journalists and news organizations. it has imposed heavy fines. it says it needs to take this kind of approach to ensure that it can rule effectively. but, of course come out human- rights groups would say that the singapore government uses criminal definition clause as a way to silence dissent heard >> is there any truth in what this author, alan shadrake, has been saying in his book? >> i think that would be very difficult for any of