No jokes please, this is Singapore

Edmund Zhong, 20, saw the news clip of the Australian Senator Fraser Anning being hit on the head by a youth with an egg and made a comment in his Facebook ‘I wanna do that to K. Shanmugam. I awear.’ This posting, to him it was a joke, was taken very seriously by the police saying a report was lodged against Zhong for the comment. And Edmund is now assisting the police in their investigation ‘for the offence of communicating an electronic record to incite violence under Section267C of the Penal Code. 

This has sent a cold chill down my spine knowing the numerous comments in my blog. KNNCCB, please be warned that no jokes like this is allowed in my blog. Please, please, be very sensitive about other people’s feelings and fear of being attacked. Do not make this kind of jokes in my blog and also, as a piece of friendly advice, not in any where in Singapore. Everything is taken very seriously and all it needs is ‘somebody’ to make a police report against you and you will be in deep shit.
 

Now let’s here what our brilliant and learned lawyers have to say about this comment by Edmund. Ashwin Ganapathy, a lawyer, said this, and I quote from the ST, ‘The violence is not just in persuading or suggesting. It must go further. It must at least instigate, spur or stimulate vigorously an action.’ Sure, and the police must investigate to see if the comment will at least instigate, spur or stimulate vigorously an action, ie, you will be invited by our friendly police to assist in their investigation. If you want to avoid this, please take my advice, no jokes please, especially against political leaders or rulers in Singapore even if you subscribe to the legal view of Ashwin who had this to add, ‘Saying that you want to egg Mr Shanmugam, without doing or saying anything more, is unlikely to fall within the ambit of the provision(S267C?)’. I am very kiasi and kiasu, so I would avoid making such jokes even with this assurance from Ashwin.
 

Ok, another view by a criminal lawyer, Rajan Supramaniam, ‘the action taken by the police sought to send a strong signal against irresponsible and extreme Facebook postings…this action will serve as a deterrent…’ This is good advice for the kiasi and kiasu Singaporeans. Just be careful, be very careful in what you post or say, always remember the OB markers.
 

Ok, you are free to take the advice of the lawyers or my advice on such matters. Not that I have not warned you, this is Singapore and Singapore law and Singapore is a rule by law country and it takes is law very seriously.
 

Thank you very much.
 

PS. When you post ‘fuck Matilah’ or ‘sodomise Matilah’ I hope no one would make a police report against you.

Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has revealed that he “laughed off” the Facebook comments from two netizens about wanting to throw an egg at him, when he was informed about the comments.

I hope Shanmugam would also laugh at this pic and not to classify it as fake news. I swear I did not create this pic. Just received it in my whatsapp. Please, I will remove it if this is offensive, if it is wrong to repost this pic here or anywhere. Please, just let me know, I am a law abiding person, no intention to offend anyone or to break the law.