SINGAPORE – Singapore police have arrested a 45-year-old man for his suspected involvement in inciting violence against the republic’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong with a comment on social media.
On July 8, 2022 at about 3.10pm, police said it received a report on a threat inciting violence against the prime minister in the comment section of Channel NewsAsia’s Facebook page, following news of the shooting of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.
“Through follow-up investigations, officers from Central Police Division established the identity of the Facebook user and arrested him within five hours of the report. A laptop, a tablet, and four handphones were seized,” police said on its website.
Police noted that “investigations are ongoing”.
Anyone in the city state convicted of the offence of making or communicating any electronic record containing any incitement to violence is liable to be punished with a jail term of up to five years, or a fine, or both.
Police also said they will not condone any acts that incite violence in Singapore. – Bernama, July 9, 2022
