SINGAPORE: Social worker and activist Jolovan Wham is being investigated for protesting outside State Courts without a valid permit, police said ...
SINGAPORE: Social worker and activist Jolovan Wham is being investigated for protesting outside State Courts without a valid permit, police said on Saturday .
Wham had posted a photo on Dec 13 on social media channels, which showed him standing outside the court complex while holding up a piece of paper that read:"Drop the charges against Terry Xu and Daniel De Costa."The protest happened the same day Terry Xu, the editor of socio-political website The Online Citizen, and Daniel De Costa wereamong the Singapore Government's highest officers.
In response to Channel NewsAsia's queries, police said that Wham had written to the police earlier in November to apply for a permit to stage a protest outside the State Courts. His application was not approved. "The State Courts is gazetted as a Prohibited Area under the Public Order Act, with stricter security protocols," police said.
"He was well aware that a police permit was required for such an event. Still, he went ahead to protest outside the State Courts on Dec 13, 2018."Police also cited Wham's prior public order related offences, and said it reflected"a pattern of Wham's wilful disregard for Singapore's laws".
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