Embattled PAP newbie
candidate for Marine Parade GRC Tin Pei Ling has ‘clarified’ to
Channel News Asia that she was not the person who posted snide
remarks about her opponent Nicole Seah on her Facebook page on
‘Cooling off’ day.
A moniker showing the Ms Tin’s photo posted a comment about
Nicole’s weeping on TV when she spoke about the plight of a woman
whose 80 dollar tuition fee was not refunded by a PAP
kindergarten:
[Source: Hardwarezone]
”OooOooOoooh so that’s REALLY what happened? Wow, I think
tears in parliament is worse than ANYTHING ELSE!”
Ms Tin deleted her callous comment a few minutes later, but a
snapshot of it was taken by netizens and posted below:
1. Stuart
Phoon’s Facebook
2. 3in1kopitiam
3. Hardwarezone
Ms Tin claimed that it was one of her administrators, “Denise He”
who made the post:
“She wanted to post the comment in her personal capacity,
and she was using her mobile phone. But she didn’t realise that she
had inadvertently posted as my profile rather than her own … It was
an honest mistake.”
A quick check on Facebook revealed only one “Denise He” with no
photos or friends and so far, no netizen has come forward to
confirm the identity of “Denise He”.
Furthermore, if the message was indeed posted using a mobile phone,
the words “x minutes ago via iPhone or Facebook mobile” should
appear at the end of the comment which was not found in Ms Tin’s
comment above:
An irate netizen by the name of Tan Yu Xing has lodged an official
complaint to the Election Department which said it would ‘look into
the matter.’
Under the Parliamentary Election Act, “publication and display of
election advertising (including on the Internet and by
SMSes/MMSes)… not already lawfully displayed or published before
the start of Cooling-off Day.”
In January 2010, YPAP leader posted a callous remark on the YPAP
Facebook slamming netizens for “slapping on the government
senselessly” because they did not get “any fruits of benefits” from
their forefathers. He later claimed that his Facebook was ‘hacked’
and lodged a police report. (read here)
Whether or not it was indeed Ms Tin who posted the comment, she has
to take responsibility for it and apologized to Nicole since it was
posted on her Facebook and viewed by many netizens whose perception
of Nicole may be changed as a result.
http://www.temasekreview.com/2011/05/06/tin-pei-ling-admits-honest-mistake-it-was-my-admin-who-posted-snide-remark-about-nicole-seah
