Both Lawyers Agree, Yet the Court Says No: What Edmund Chen’s Case Teaches About Sentencing Discretion0

• Fireplace, Library
• July 21, 2026

By Boo Kok Chuon The recent sentencing appeal involving former actor Edmund Chen attracted considerable public attention. Unsurprisingly, most of the discussion centred on whether five days’ imprisonment was too lenient, and whether the High Court was right to cut it down to one day. Public discourse naturally gravitates towards outcomes. Legal minds, however, tend