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SINGAPORE: Two men were charged in court on Wednesday (November 25) with defacing, destroying or removing election posters belonging to the People’s Action Party (PAP) or the Progress Party of Singapore (PSP).
Lim Song Huat, 48, received three charges under the Parliamentary Elections Act of defacing two PAP posters and destroying a third in a single day on July 3.
He is charged with defacing a sign along the 13 Woodlands Street service road around 9:30 a.m. M. Using a black pen to draw a horizontal line across the poster.
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At 9.45am that day, he allegedly tore a second poster with his hands and defaced it. It is said that he destroyed a third sign on the same road a few minutes later.
The second defendant, Constantine Paul, 51, was charged with removing PSP posters in Bukit Batok.
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On the night of June 30, he allegedly took down two posters that had been posted on lamp posts along Bukit Batok East Avenue 5.
Both men will return to court in January to plead guilty. For removing, destroying or defacing any poster or banner under the Parliamentary Elections (Electoral Advertising) Regulations, you could be imprisoned for up to one year, fined up to S $ 1,000 or both.
