SINGAPORE: A Singaporean teen on Wednesday admitted to harassing English Premier League footballer Neal Maupay by threatening to kill the Brighton & Hove Albion forward and his family in online messages sent last year.
"But don't worry you will be safe you won't be hurt. It's more fun watching you feel pain when your loved ones go through suffering."In the wee hours of Jun 26, he also told Maupay:"Your family will be attacked later in the day, just watch."He followed this with another message on Jul 1:"You think by reporting my account you're safe? I will kill you and your family.
Ng’s threats were not mild and he had been able to cause material harm to Maupay who was about 10,000km away, the prosecutor added.“We recognise that the offences committed by the accused are not trivial. Yet they are not so serious as to necessitate the calling of a reformative training report,” he reportedly said.
Adult offenders convicted of using threatening words could face a jail term of up to six months or a fine of up to S$5,000, or both.Responding to the outcome on Wednesday, the Premier League said it was alerted to the messages through its online abuse reporting system.
It looks like the UK Premier League’s own online abuse team identified the man. When the Protection from Harassment Act was brought in, harrassment of my son & I was cited in parliament as one of the reasons for the new law. Yet SingaporePolice never caught the perp! Why?
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