Today Online (Singapore)
SINGAPORE - Filmmaker Martyn See was again questioned by the police yesterday about a forum held last year by political group Singaporeans For Democracy (SFD).
The Sept 24 forum, which the SFP described as a private event, featured Malaysian Member of Parliament (MP) Tian Chua, Cambodian MP Mu Sochua, ex-Internal Security Act detainee Vincent Cheng and blogger Alex Au.
In a statement yesterday, SFD executive director James Gomez claimed that Mr See was told by a police officer that getting a foreigner to talk at a private forum may tantamount to an offence if it is done without any clearance. Said Dr Gomez: "During the first round of questioning, the investigations focused on establishing whether inviting participants through a Facebook events page and email for a private forum was a public activity.
"This time the presence of parliamentarians from Malaysia and Cambodia at the SFD's private forum are seen to have infringed the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act."
In response to Today's queries, a police spokesman said: "As investigations are ongoing, it is inappropriate to comment further."
On Oct 12, Mr See spent an hour and a half at the Police Cantonment Complex, answering questions pertaining to the investigation.
A police statement had said then that "the organisers of the forum are being investigated for possibly organising a public assembly without a permit, which is an offence under Section 16(1)(a) of the Public Order Act 2009. Indoor public assemblies are only exempted from requiring a permit if the exemption criteria are met. These criteria include a requirement that the organisers and speakers are all Singapore citizens".
2 comments:
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