Police report lodged against Tin Pei Ling over
cooling-off day complaint
SINGAPORE : Police have confirmed that a report has
been lodged against the MP for Marine Parade Group Representation
Constituency (GRC), Ms Tin Pei Ling, for allegedly violating
"cooling-off day" guidelines.
The reply from police was given to Channel NewsAsia
after it received information on Monday that a member of the public
had filed a complaint against the MP.
On Polling Day, the National Solidarity Party's
(NSP) Nicole Seah had approached the Elections Department about the
matter, but Ms Seah was directed to channel her queries to the
Police.
Channel NewsAsia understands the complaint about this issue now
seems to have been made by a member of the public.
The complaint was over the posting on May 5, when Ms Tin's Facebook
page carried a "clarification" on reports that a MacPherson
resident had been refused help for her child's tuition fees.
The resident had asked for a refund, but on May 6, which was
cooling-off day, netizens circulated a screen capture that showed a
reply posted on Ms Tin's Facebook.
Ms Tin's facebook page clarification had said: "OooOoooOooh so
that's what REALLY happened? Wow. I think tears in Parliament is
worse than ANYTHING ELSE!"
The comment was however removed within 20 minutes.
When contacted, Ms Tin told Channel NewsAsia on cooling-off day
that she was alerted to the comment when some of her friends called
her shortly after it was posted.
Ms Tin had said she found out it was one of her administrators, Ms
Denise He, who had mistakenly made the post.
She said she asked her administrator to remove the comment
immediately.
Her administrators help to upload photos of her walkabouts on her
Facebook page.
- CNA /ls
This news is shown on T.V. I believe PAP knows how unpopular Tin
Pei Ling is and is a threat to their 'new image'. PAP may use this
opportunity to dismiss Tin Pei Ling as no matter what, the Facebook
account is still hers, though posting was done by that 'Denise He'.
Even if she is dismissed, she will not feel too pai seh as the
'culprit' is Denise , not her. Better way for Tin Pei Ling to make
an exit.
