Police probe Facebook comments on throwing egg at Minister Shanmugam

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The police are investigating the comments made by two men on throwing an egg at Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam. They said yesterday, following queries from The Straits Times, that a report was made last Tuesday against a 20-year-old male netizen who had left a...

The right-wing Australian senator, who was widely condemned for blaming the terror attacks on Muslims, was hit with an egg on the back of his head by a young man at a Melbourne event on March 16.

"I wanna do that to K Shanmugam. I swear," commented Facebook user Edmund Zhong, according to a screenshot of the comment thread that appeared on socio-political website The Independent.Mr Zhong had also posted on Facebook group Complaint Singapore, saying two police officers had visited his house with regard to his"egg throwing comments towards K Shanmugam", according to a screenshot of his post on The Independent.

Mr Zhong wrote:"Apparently three days ago, two officers from Ang Mo Kio Division HQ went to my home regarding my egg throwing comments towards K Shanmugam. Felt a mix of emotions as I didn't expect a harmless but straightforward comment can gain so much reaction." He also shared a picture of a notice the police had allegedly left at his door, asking him to look for an investigating officer at the police's Ang Mo Kio division headquarters.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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