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SINGAPORE – Police will launch investigations against two women, ages 28 and 36, for contempt of court after they posted on social media about the Orchard Towers murder case last July.
In a statement on Monday (November 2), the police said that they were acting under two authorization orders from the Attorney General’s Office (AGC), and that both women had made posts on social media that alleged preferential treatment for race of the accused. people involved in an incident at Orchard Towers that took place on July 2 of last year.
About two weeks ago it was reported that the AGC had asked the police to investigate those social media users.
The AGC had refuted claims on Oct. 16 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 unsubstantiated accusations.
Nor is it true that members of minority races receive harsher sentences, the AGC added.
Such accusations, the AGC then said, have the “potential to upset racial harmony in Singapore and cause irreversible divisions in our communities.”
The AGC had noted that accusations of preferential treatment had arisen to defendants of being involved in the death of Mr. Satheesh Noel Gobidass last year, adding that the comments could violate the contempt of court law.
On July 2 of last year, Satheesh, 31, died after being involved in a fight at Orchard Towers. Seven people were involved in the incident.
After thorough investigations, the AGC found that six of them were not involved in the death of Mr. Satheesh, leading to the charges against him being dropped.
The seventh person, Tan Sen Yang, is the only one now facing a murder charge.
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