Just for completeness, many former British colonies inherited criminal defamation from the general body of English common law. Apparently UK only repealed it in

Just for completeness, many former British colonies inherited criminal defamation from the general body of English common law. Apparently UK only repealed it in 2010. Of course, Singapore is famous for actually using it, but still, in many parts of the world defamation can technically be a criminal offence even if in practice the legal risk is low..