Football: Blogger ordered to reveal sources

Singapore’s High Court ordered a blogger to reveal his sources after he reported about a leaked internal audit.

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s High Court ordered a blogger to reveal his sources yesterday after he reported that a leaked internal audit detailed large payments to suspended Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam.

Lawyers for James M Dorsey, a Singapore-based academic and journalist, and the complainant, sports marketing company World Sport Group, both said the move was approved after a closed-door session lasting nearly four hours.

“The application was allowed pending appeal,” said Dorsey’s lawyer N Sreenivasan.

“We want information so we can determine what charges to make and against whom,” said Deborah Barker, senior counsel representing WSG. Dorsey told AFP he was ‘disappointed’ by the ruling, and confirmed that he planned to appeal.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2012.