Friday, November 19, 2010

Shadrake's Legal Eagles - The TOC Link?

The Wall Street Journal recently covered the trial of UK anti-death penalty campaigner Alan Shadrake. It features a photo of Shadrake, his lawyer M. Ravi, and another gentleman who bears a remarkable resemblance to Choo Zheng Xi, Editor-at-Large of The Online Citizen.

Photo Credit: Reuters / WSJ
We hate the death penalty as much as the next righteous convict, but why is it that TOC is giving so much more coverage to Shadrake than Temasek Review?

Is it because a key figure of TOC is involved with Shadrake's legal team?

Is there a conflict of interest for TOC, when they publish news on the Shadrake trial? Like here, here, here and here.

Why hasn't TOC publicly declared this conflict of interest, when they stand up for transparency on everything else?