Dr Chee Soon Juan posted on Facebook that he was helping the Bukit Batok residents collect signatures to be delivered to the Jurong-Clementi Town Council, for a sidewalk to be built in their neighbourhood.
This was so that the residents won’t have to walk “on the road with passing vehicles” anymore.
He was collecting signatures at a void deck of Block 192 Bukit Batok West Avenue 6. on 25 February.
The police then released a statement saying that they were made aware of a “case-based event to be held by Dr Chee Soon Juan”.
They warned that “organising or participating in a public assembly without a police permit is illegal and constitutes and offence under the Public Order Act”.
Dr Chee was also informed by a certain Officer Fanim that a permit was needed for his petition at the void deck.
So Dr Chee went door-to-door to collect the signatures instead.
The petition was then submitted at around 4pm on 27 February.
Images source: Chee Soon Juan Facebook