Man jailed over Facebook comment on Shinzo Abe’s shooting, asking someone to ‘do the same’ to PM Lee

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Kong Chee Kian, 46, pleaded guilty to one charge of inciting violence electronically.

SINGAPORE – A 46-year-old Singaporean man who did not like the Government saw a news report on Facebook that former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe had been shot, and commented “Pls someone do the same to our PM”.was sentenced to four months’ jail. He pleaded guilty to one charge of inciting violence electronically.

She said Kong had difficulty finding permanent employment due to health issues and “was looking for someone to blame for problems” and “chose to blame the Government”.DPP Tan said Kong had been browsing Facebook using an account with the profile name “Carl Brown” when he saw a CNA article which reported thatAn anonymous police report was made, alerting the authorities to what Kong said on Facebook. Kong was arrested that same day.

She added that a failure to nip such offensive behaviour in the bud could lead to the undesirable proliferation and normalisation of such offences. He added that his client’s family, including his father who is in his 80s, will support him after his incarceration to ensure that he “remains on the right side of the law”.

 

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