February 04, 2021
Lim Song Huat tried but failed to rip a poster, which had PM Lee Hsien Loong s image, with a stone.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - In the first case of its kind, a part-time security officer was fined $1,000 on Thursday (Feb 4) for destroying an election poster.
Lim Song Huat, 48, had earlier pleaded guilty to an offence under the Parliamentary Elections Act. Two other similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
The incident occurred last year at around 9.30am on July 3, one week before Singapore held its general election on July 10.
The Singaporean was walking along Woodlands Street 13, where he lives, when he spotted People s Action Party (PAP) posters on lamp posts there.
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In the first case of its kind, a part-time security officer was fined $1,000 yesterday for destroying an election poster.
Lim Song Huat, 48, had earlier pleaded guilty to an offence under the Parliamentary Elections Act. Two other similar charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
The incident occurred last year at around 9.30am on July 3, a week before Singapore held its general election.
The Singaporean was walking along Woodlands Street 13, where he lives, when he spotted People s Action Party (PAP) posters on lamp posts there.
Lim went towards one which had Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong s image and tried but failed to rip it with a stone.
SINGAPORE - In the first case of its kind, a part-time security officer was fined $1,000 on Thursday (Feb 4) for destroying an election poster.
The incident occurred last year at around 9.30am on July 3, one week before Singapore held its general election on July 10.
The Singaporean was walking along Woodlands Street 13, where he lives, when he spotted People s Action Party (PAP) posters on lamp posts there.
Members of the party s Marsiling branch had put up the posters on July 1 last year. Each poster cost $10.
Lim went towards one which had Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong s image and tried but failed to rip it with a stone.