[ad_1]
Police are investigating two women, ages 28 and 36, for contempt of court after they posted social media posts about the Orchard Towers murder that took place in July last year.
In a statement yesterday, the police said that they were acting under two authorization orders from the Attorney General’s Office (AGC) and that both women had published about an alleged preferential treatment by race of the defendants involved in the past incident. July 2 year.
About two weeks ago, it was reported that the AGC had asked the police to investigate those social media users. On October 16, the AGC rebutted claims that courts impose sentences based on the race of offenders and said it will not hesitate to take action against those who make such false and baseless accusations.
It is also not true that members of minority races receive harsher sentences, he said. Such accusations have the “potential to upset racial harmony in Singapore and cause irreversible divisions in our communities.”
He noted that allegations of preferential treatment had emerged from the defendants of being involved in the death of Mr. Satheesh Noel Gobidass in Orchard Towers last year, adding that the comments could violate contempt of court law.
On July 2 of last year, Satheesh, 31, died after a fight at Orchard Towers. Seven people were involved in the incident.
After investigations, the AGC found that six of them were not involved in causing the man’s death, leading to the charges against him being dropped.
The seventh person, Tan Sen Yang, is the only one now facing a murder charge.
[ad_2]
