Apr 26, 2011 - Straits Times
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for saying on the Internet
that he intends to burn his voting slip and ballot box on Polling
Day.
Police said in a statement on Tuesday that on Monday, officers
from Ang Mo Kio Police Division arrested the Singaporean Chinese in
his Ang Mo Kio home, acting on information they had received.
Investigations showed that he was also believed to have posted a
comment which the police said 'was suggestive of causing hurt to
Members of Parliament;.
The man was arrested for Communicating an Electronic Record
Containing Incitements to Violence, under Section 267C of the Penal
Code, Chapter 224. Anyone convicted can be jailed up to five years
or fined, or both.
Police said they took threats of violence to the conduct of the
electoral process and threats of violence against people
seriously.
