The reports on the Central Christian church (CCC) were fair comment - even though the church is not a cult, says Judge Warren Khoo. He dismissed four out of five defamation suits filed by the church and its leader against Christian magazine, Impact, The New Paper and Lianhe Wanbao.
However, he acknowledged that there would be many mainstream Christians who believed strongly the CCC was a cult.
If this case were tried in a mainly-Christian country, said the judge, "I am sure the jury would find that the CCC was indeed a cult." But in multi-racial Singapore, the culture is to tolerate other religions. "Many (religious groups) are represented here. Each has its own beliefs and practices, some of which might appear to an outside to be strange and extraordinary."
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