Re: Wanted: Copy of Zuraimah's letter

SEDITION ACT
(CHAPTER 290)

Seditious tendency.
3. —(1) A seditious tendency is a tendency —

(a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the Government;

(b) to excite the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure in Singapore, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established;

(c) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore;

(d) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore;

(e) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), any act, speech, words, publication or other thing shall not be deemed to be seditious by reason only that it has a tendency —

(a) to show that the Government has been misled or mistaken in any of its measures;

(b) to point out errors or defects in the Government or the Constitution as by law established or in legislation or in the administration of justice with a view to the remedying of such errors or defects;

(c) to persuade the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any matter in Singapore; or

(d) to point out, with a view to their removal, any matters producing or having a tendency to produce feelings of ill-will and enmity between different races or classes of the population of Singapore,

if such act, speech, words, publication or other thing has not otherwise in fact a seditious tendency.

(3) For the purpose of proving the commission of any offence under this Act, the intention of the person charged at the time he did or attempted to do or made any preparation to do or conspired with any person to do any act or uttered any seditious words or printed, published, sold, offered for sale, distributed, reproduced or imported any publication or did any other thing shall be deemed to be irrelevant if in fact such act had, or would, if done, have had, or such words, publication or thing had a seditious tendency.


w-o-r-l-d-p-i-s-s-e-d wrote:
Wah, you serious man!
So cheem one ah.
Commonlah. She dun like dog droolings nia nia mah.

"CasinoRoyale" <wongjuikeng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1126752589.652510.257490@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 


This is important because the source of the problem is not what views
the two expressed in private capacity on the internet, but what
PROVOKED them to form such opinion, whether stated in civl language or
cyber vernacular.  And the provocation is Madam Zuraimah's personal
position about canines in taxi cabs expressed in a public newspaper.

The interneters can be saved by s3(2), which states that any act,
speech, words, publication or other thing shall not be deemed to be
seditious by reason only that it has a tendency
(a) to show that the Government has been misled or mistaken in any of
its measures;
(b) to point out errors or defects in the Government or the
Constitution as by law established or in legislation or in the
administration of justice with a view to the remedying of such errors
or defects;
(c) to persuade the citizens of Singapore or the residents in
Singapore to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration of any
matter in Singapore; or
(d) to point out, with a view to their removal, any matters producing
or having a tendency to produce feelings of ill-will and enmity
between different races or classes of the population of Singapore,if
such act, speech, words, publication or other thing has not otherwise
in fact a seditious tendency.

ventura wrote:

Why are you so "kay-poh" ?

"CasinoRoyale" <wongjuikeng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1126676837.107188.302400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Anyone knows where to get hold of a copy of the letter Madam
Zuraimah wrote to the Straits Times Forum in June 2005? The police
say this is needed in order to file a police report. It should be
the printed copy of the newspaper, photocopy or electronic copy. Screen capture is also acceptable. Thanks.



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