Man accused of inciting violence

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Man accused of inciting violence
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 16 August 2011 1535 hrs

SINGAPORE: A man has been accused of inciting violence by allegedly calling for an assassination to be re-enacted in Singapore.

Thirty-six-year-old Gary Yue Mun Yew, who's unemployed, is believed to have done this when he allegedly posted a video clip of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's death on the Facebook page of the Temasek Review.

Mr Sadat, who was the third president of Egypt, was assassinated in 1981 by fundamentalists in Cairo.

Yue, who was charged last month with the offence, is also accused of posting on his own Facebook page a doctored photograph showing former deputy prime minister Wong Kan Seng with a gun to his head.

Yue will be back in court on Thursday.

If convicted of inciting violence, he can be jailed up to five years, fined or both.

-CNA/wk

 

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Man accused of inciting violence on Facebook

He allegedly posted acts of violence on Facebook and called for re-enactment

Published on Aug 16, 2011
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A jobless man allegedly posted a video clip of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's assassination to the Facebook page of socio-political website Temasek Review, calling for such an event to be re-enacted here. -- PHOTO: AFP

By Elena Chong COURT CORRESPONDENT

A jobless man allegedly posted a video clip of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's assassination to the Facebook page of socio-political website Temasek Review, calling for such an event to be re-enacted here.

Gary Yue Mun Yew, 36, has also been accused of posting, on his own Facebook page last year, a doctored photograph of a Vietnamese soldier holding a gun to the head of then Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, whose head had been superimposed onto the original image.

Yue, who allegedly committed the offences in his Marine Parade home, is due back in court on Thursday.

Under the law, whoever is convicted of making or communicating an electronic record containing an incitement to violence shall be punished with up to five years' jail, a fine or both.

Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Man accused of inciting violence worked for weapons maker

By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted: 18 August 2011 1801 hrs

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SINGAPORE: The jobless man accused of posting Facebook entries inciting violence was an assistant principal engineer with weapons maker ST Kinetics.

36-year-old Gary Yue Mun Yew, who faces two charges, was fired from his job last month. His case has been adjourned to September 9.

ST Kinetics is the land systems and speciality vehicles arm of ST Engineering. According to ST Engineering's website, the list of products ST Kinetics makes includes the SAR 21 assault rifle and grenade launchers.

On August 9 last year, Yue allegedly posted a comment on the Temasek Review's Facebook Fan Page, saying a live version of an assassination should be re-enacted on the grandstand during the National Day parade.

Along with the alleged comment, it is believed he also posted a video clip depicting the assassination of former Egyptian president, Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, who was killed by fundamentalists in Cairo in 1981.

The slim, bespectacled Yue is believed to have committed the offence in a Marine Drive flat.

And sometime in late July or early August 2010, Yue allegedly posted on his own Facebook page a doctored photograph showing former Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng with a gun to his head.

Yue is represented by lawyer, S. Balamurugan, who told the court on Thursday that he has a psychiatrist's report on his client's condition. The lawyer did not mention what this condition was.

Yue, who was expressionless as he stood in the dock, is out on a S$10,000 bail.

Temasek Review has since asked netizens to post responsibly. It posted a message on its Facebook page saying its moderators have no time to monitor the page 24 hours a day. Its website also said it does not condone nor endorse comments inciting violence against anyone.

If convicted, Yue can be jailed up to five years, fined, or both for each charge.

-CNA/ac

 

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Man on trial for misusing photo of former minister

By Alvina Soh | Posted: 18 January 2012 1839 hrs​

SINGAPORE: A former engineer with Singapore Technologies Kinetics went on trial on Wednesday for posting Facebook entries inciting violence.

36-year-old Gary Yue Mun Yew posted a doctored photograph of a Vietnamese soldier executing former Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, with a gun held to his head.

Yue had downloaded a photograph of a Vietnamese general executing a Viet Cong guerilla, and replaced the face of the guerilla with that of Mr Wong's.

The same picture was used as Yue's Facebook profile pic, which Yue claimed he had changed after a week.

Yue also posted a link to a video clip depicting the assassination of former Egyptian president, Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat on the Facebook page of socio-political site The Temasek Review.

He followed up with a comment calling for a re-enactment during the 2010 National Day Parade.

The court was told Yue made the postings from his home at Marine Drive, between July and August 2010.

Yue claimed he did it out of frustration with work, and in response to online comments about national issues, including the escape of Jemaah Islamiah fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari.

His lawyers, Mr Sreenivasan and Mr S Balamurugan from Straits Law Practice, added that Yue had no intention to incite violence, nor was there any likelihood of violence being incited.

Yue, who has been terminated from his job after he was charged in August last year, has since written an apology letter to Mr Wong.

The verdict will delivered on 16 February.

- CNA/ck

 

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Man denies allegations of inciting violence on Facebook

Published on Jan 18, 2012
By Elena Chong

A former assistant principal engineer has denied charges of inciting violence by posting documents on Temasek Review's (TR) Facebook fan page and on his own Facebook page.

Gary Yue Mun Yew, 36, allegedly posted an electronic comment on TR's page consisting of a link to a video clip depicting the assassination of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, commenting: 'We should re-enact a live version of this on our own grand-stand during our national's parade!!!!!!'

The alleged offence occurred at his Marine Drive home on Aug 9, 2010, at 2.57pm.

He is also accused of posting a doctored photograph showing a Vietnamese soldier about to execute former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng, whose picture and a People's Action Party logo had been superimposed on the original Pullitzer-prize winning photograph taken in the Vietnam war.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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Engineer jailed 2 months for online post

AsiaOne
Friday, Sep 14, 2012

SINGAPORE - A man who put up an online posting carrying an incitement to violence on National Day two years ago was jailed for two months on Friday, The Straits Times reported.

This was after the prosecution successfully appealed to the High Court.

Engineer Gary Yue Mun Yew, 36, had initially been fined $6,000 by a district court in March for posting a comment on the Facebook wall of sociopolitical platform Temasek Review.

He posted a link to a YouTube video depicting the assassination of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat with the comment "We should re-enact a live version of this on our grandstand during our national's (sic) parade!!!!!!".

The district judge had concluded then that Yue was seeking attention rather than inciting violence when he made the post.

But the prosecution appealed and sought a jail term of between six to nine months for Yue.

On Friday, Justice Quentin Loh agreed that a fine was inadequate, citing a case in England last Aug where two men who were jailed four years for inciting people to riot via Facebook.

He is the first person to be charged for the offence.

Yue lost his job at Singapore Technologies Kinetics as a result of the case, and had started work at a German firm three weeks ago, reported The Straits Times.

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