By Lydia Lam
SINGAPORE: The three men who mounted challenges against Section 377A, a law that criminalises sex between men, are disappointed by the High Court's dismissal of their cases and will be taking to the highest court in the land to appeal against the decision.
Disc jockey Johnson Ong Ming, retired general practitioner Roy Tan Seng Kee and Bryan Choong Chee Hoong, the former executive director of LGBT non-profit organisation Oogachaga, will each be appealing against the decision in the Court of Appeal, their lawyers told CNA.
Justice See Kee Oon on Monday rejected arguments put forth by the three men's lawyers that Section 377A is unconstitutional and upheld an earlier decision by the Court of Appeal.
According to Section 377A of the Penal Code, any man who commits any act of gross indecency with another man in public or in private can be jailed for up to two years. This extends to any man who abets such an act, procures or attempts to procure such an act.
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Dr Tan's lawyer, M Ravi, has already filed a notice to appeal, in documents seen by CNA.
Dr Tan told CNA that he is disappointed that the High Court "has seen it fit to uphold the constitutionality of Section 377A, an unjust, archaic, colonial-era law which has no place in a modern, developed nation like Singapore". Read more via Channel News Asia