Singapore: Man to be charged over making religiously offensive social media posts on Monday (Dec 20)


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SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (The Straits Times/ANN): A man who was arrested in June last year will be charged on Monday (Dec 20) over making Instagram Stories posts with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person.

In a statement on Sunday, the police said that between June 7 and 8 last year, they received many reports about an Instagram user who had posted insensitive comments and threats that could incite violence against the Muslim community. The posts also contained hate comments that could wound religious feelings.

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