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Arrests made for online threats to Kenneth Jeyaretnam and Calvin Cheng
The Straits Times, AsiaOne
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013
Police have arrested 2 men on Jan 28 for two separate online threat incidents - one against Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam and another against Ex-Nominated Member of Parliament (Ex-NMP) Mr Calvin Cheng.
A 40-year-old Singaporean was arrested after the police report lodged on Jan 18 by Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam. He is the second subject to be arrested in relation to the case. The first subject, a 23-year-old male, was arrested earlier on Jan 23.
Separately, another 29-year-old Singaporean has been arrested in connection with the police report lodged on Jan 26 by Ex-NMP Mr Calvin Cheng.
Both cases are classified as Criminal Intimidation under Section 506 of the Penal Code, Chapter 224. Investigations are ongoing.
Mr Cheng told The Straits Times on Wednesday: "After his arrest, the man reached out to me by e-mail to apologise and express his contrition. I believe he is sincere." He added that the man said he did not mean it. But Mr Cheng told him that the page on which the comment was posted, Occupy Singapore, has more than 7,000 followers, and that one of them may have acted on the "incitement".
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