LGBT+ advocates form the words Repeal 377A in Singapore on June 29, 2019. (Ore Huiying/Getty)
A man has been jailed for threatening a High Court judge and the Singapore judiciary on social media after they upheld a discriminatory anti-gay law.
Muhammad Hanif Mohamed Huzairi, 31, was sentenced to seven months in prison after pleading guilty to using threatening words towards a public servant on Instagram.
He also admitted to two counts of communicating an electronic record containing an incitement to violence.
“To the deadass boomer of a judge who dismissed the challenges against S377A, you better f king watch out!!” he said in his Instagram stories, shared with 267 followers.
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