Activist Jolovan Wham under new police investigation for holding paper outside State Courts without permit

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Wham caught up in a spiral of protests.

Last year October, the Info-communications and Media Development Authority filed a police report againstfor publishing a defamatory article that made allegations of corruption against higher officials in the Government. Editor of the local socio-political website, Terry Xu and writers Daniel Augustin De Costa and Willy Sum were the parties charged with criminal defamation.

There are avenues for Singaporeans to express their views on issues that concern them. The Speakers’ Corner was set up in 2000 to allow Singaporeans to conduct public assemblies without the need for a permit, subject to certain conditions being met,” they added. A year after, Wham held a “silent protest” by pasting two A4-sized sheets on the window of an MRT train. In July of the same year, he also asked the public via Facebook to participate in a vigil outside Changi Prison Complex, once again succeeded without applying for the proper permits.

 

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