Speaking to Her World, Nicole Seah said that she was bent on proving herself that she allowed no room for mistake. She guilt tripped herself into working all the time and more than anything, she felt alone and that the people who she thought were her friends were gossiping about her.
Nicole added: “And then there were the death and rape threats. They started right after the elections – every Facebook post I made was followed by vicious emails, with comments ranging from the mean ‘Were you drunk when you wrote that?! You’ve just lost my vote’ to the frightening ‘Are you still alive?’ “
She also added that: “Even my personal Twitter account wasn’t spared. I lost track of the number of threats I received daily. Netizens posted my office address and contact details, along with the time I usually got off work. I was paranoid when I left the office, knowing that someone could be watching me.”
Nicole also mentioned that there was a call that her office receptionist accidentally put through to her – she picked it up and heard breathing followed by two minutes of maniacal laughter, which left her in shock; her arms were covered in goosebumps.
Also, she added that she began noticing pink tinsels being tied to her gate every day, as well as illegible notes left at her door.
Sometimes when she leaves her house in the mornings, she would see a woman in her 30s lurking around her estate, staring at her from a pillar.
Nicole said: “I didn’t share all this with my family as I didn’t want them to panic. I bottled it up and maintained a brave front.”
The above excerpts are from her interview with Her World in June 2014.