The conundrum came about when The Online Citizen's chief editor chose to serve three weeks' jail amid an appeal that resulted in the sentence being replaced with a fine. SINGAPORE: The apex court on Tuesday (Oct 29) resolved a conundrum that was caused by alternative news site editor Terry Xu's criminal defamation case, where he served a sentence of three weeks' jail that became a fine of S$8,000 (US$6,000) on appeal. The prosecution referred the issue to the Court of Appeal, asking what should