According to media release, the Singapore Police Force arrested a 34-year-old man on New Year’s Eve(Dec 31), for inciting violence through Telegram chat groups.
It is believed that a user from one of the chat groups saw what he wrote and filed a report with the Police on Monday, the 34-year-old called for PMD users to gather at Punggol Park at 9 pm and also asked other PMD users to “cause injury to anyone they see”.
Just only one night after posting such comments online, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division were able to establish the identity and arrest the man the next morning at 10 am.
Two mobile phones were seized. Investigations are ongoing.
Be careful what you say online
When one is typing in an online chat, there is no tone of voice and even if one is making a joke. There will always be some people that take it too seriously.
For inciting violence and having an electronic record of it is a punishable offence, carries a jail term of up to five years and/ or fine.