Police are investigating a poll conducted by the Straits Times

[Force 136]

SINGAPORE: Police are investigating a poll conducted by the Straits Times on the Punggol East by-election.

The Elections Department said this in response to media queries on Sunday.

The paper had conducted a poll with 50 Punggol East residents after the Writ of Election on January 9.

The results were published in an article the next day.

It is understood that such polls conducted after a writ of election is issued, may contravene the Parliamentary Elections Act.

Under section 78c, the Act states that "No person shall publish or permit or cause to be published the results of any election survey during the period beginning with the day the writ of election is issued for an election and ending with the close of all polling stations on polling day at the election."

Any person who contravenes can be slapped with a fine not exceeding S$1,500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.

 

[Leepotism]

Ka ki lang. Guess the outcome. Will be something like inside polling station no offence.

 

[shctaw]

A warning plus a slap on the wrist.

 

[laksaboy]

Fire the chief editor of SPH lah! What's the point of investigating if heads don't roll?

 

[ray_of_hope]

The Editor or Political Editor should lose their job. It is as simple as that.
It was a shameful act on their part.

 

[watchman8]

The AGC will say the law only dictate cannot conduct poll AFTER writ of election, but SPH did the poll within the election period, hence is not considered against the law.

 

[halsey02]

In Hokkien, this is known as "mong kar chng hi"....ahhh..."Punch & Judy"!!

 

[Bigfuck]

Conducting the poll is not the problem. Publishing it on the Shit Times, as a government newspaper is the problem. Law and action no match. Even say it was joke also no match.

 

[scroobal]

Nothing will come out of it just like the Rin Tin Tin case. A waste of everyone's time.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

Someone called Denise conducted the poll?

 

[GoldenDragon]

The outcome is predictable - either stern warning or NFA.

 

[steffychun]

Sumiko Tan to be fired?

 

[jubilee1919]

The Straits Times said it is a survey and not a poll. Same ingenuity.....not flooding but ponding.

 

[halsey02]

The Straits Times said it is a survey and not a poll. Same ingenuity.....not flooding but ponding.

Both are accumulation of water...

 

[Bigfuck]

"Under section 78c, the Act states that "No person shall publish or permit or cause to be published the results of any election survey during the period beginning with the day the writ of election is issued for an election and ending with the close of all polling stations on polling day at the election."

Any person who contravenes can be slapped with a fine not exceeding S$1,500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both."

If the editor does not understand the law and this is condoned, then all Singaporeans can start openly practice civilian journalism online and in whatever possible, totally ignoring OSA, in the view of providing information for survey and purvey. Taking a knife to stab someone is just prodding to survey the depth and degree of agony and damaged done to the surveyee.

 

[I_hv_adream]

Another topic for the opposite to whack the MIW liao...

 

[RogerK]

Aiyah, nothing will happen.

Papaya MP loitering inside the polling station also nothing happen although the act forbide them to loiter within 200 meters from the polling stations on polling day. Through some queer happening these papaya MP can teleport themselves into the polling stations on polling day in 1997 without going through that 200 meter area around the polling stations.

If they can do such, then this poll issue is sup sup sway. Just like the case of "I don't know what to do".

 

[steffychun]

The Straits Times said it is a survey and not a poll. Same ingenuity.....not flooding but ponding.

It's a dick not a penis

It's a cunt not a vulva

 

[Loofydralb]

Jail the farker. But since he is the MIW media clown, will just issue an apology and move on.

First world justice.

 

[Leepotism]

Jail the farker. But since he is the MIW media clown, will just issue an apology and move on.

First world justice.

Kangaroorism is rampant in Singapore.