Singapore editor jailed for defamation over corruption claims

Terry Xu was convicted last year after publishing a letter alleging corruption at the highest echelons'

The editor of a now-closed Singaporean news outlet has been jailed for three weeks for defamation over a letter published on the site that alleged corruption among government ministers.

Terry Xu, the former editor of the Online Citizen, was convicted last year for the publication of a letter that said there was corruption at the highest echelons".