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Police arrest former Singaporean for insulting public
servant
By Bhagman Singh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 01 June 2008 0021
hrs
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a former Singaporean for the
offence of "threatening, abusing or insulting a public
servant".
In response to media queries, police confirmed that Gopalan
Pallichadath Nair, who is now a US citizen, was arrested at
Broadway Hotel along Serangoon Road on Saturday.
A warrant of arrest without bail was granted by the courts for
the arrest.
Nair is alleged to have sent an email to the Attorney-General
and the Solicitor-General which contained statements amounting to
the offence of insulting a public servant.
The statements were directed against Justice Belinda Ang, a
Supreme Court judge. The statements were also posted on Nair's
blog.
Nair is presently in police custody. He will be charged in court
on Monday. - CNA/de
