'It was a joke,' says man who suggested throwing egg at Singapore’s law and home affairs minister

Edmund Zhong, 20, said he had made the comment threatening to throw an egg at Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam "as a joke" and never intended to actually carry out the act.PHOTO: EDMUND ZHONG.

SINGAPORE (ANN): The man who posted a comment on Facebook saying he wanted to throw an egg at Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said the remark was meant as a joke.

Edmund Zhong, 20, a full-time national serviceman in the army, on Tuesday (March 26) said he had no ill intentions and did not have any plans to carry out the act.