tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16579934.post8974743266288375380..comments2024-03-18T21:16:20.987+08:00Comments on Think Positive: Former Filipino nurse charged with sedition and giving false info to policeGuanyuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03622336318754833240noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16579934.post-82448286498756240402015-04-07T17:53:51.248+08:002015-04-07T17:53:51.248+08:00Former Filipino nurse charged with sedition and gi...Former Filipino nurse charged with sedition and giving false info to police<br /><br />Elena Chong<br />07 April 2015<br /><br />The nurse who allegedly made anti-Singaporean comments on Facebook was charged on Tuesday with sedition and giving false information to the police.<br /><br />Filipino Ed Mundsel Bello Ello, who was sacked by Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), faces two charges of publishing a seditious comment on his Facebook account and three of lying to the police.<br /><br />The 28-year-old allegedly said Singaporeans are “loosers” (sic) and vowed to “evict” them from their country and prayed that “disators” (disasters) strike Singapore and then he would celebrate.<br /><br />He ended by saying that “Pinoy better and stronger than Stinkaporeans” in his Jan 2 post.<br /><br />He also allegedly commented in another post that evening that he would “kick out all Singaporeans and SG will be the new filipno state”.<br /><br />The charges, under the Sedition Act, say the publications have the tendency to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between Singaporeans and Filipinos in Singapore.<br /><br />Ello is accused of lying to the police at Chong Pang Neighbourhood Police Post the next day that he did not post the comments on Facebook.<br /><br />On Jan 4, he is said to have lied to a senior officer at at Ang Mo Kio Police Division headquarters that he did not post those comments and that his Facebook account had been hacked.<br /><br />The last charge accuses him of giving false information to the same officer on Jan 5.<br /><br />Ello, who was not represented, told the court he would be engaging a lawyer.<br /><br />Bail of $10,000 was offered and his passport has been impounded.<br /><br />A pre-trial conference has been set for April 21.<br /><br />If convicted, he could be fined up to $5,000 and/or jailed for up to three years on each charge of sedition.<br /><br />For lying to the police, he could be jailed for up to one year and/or fined up to $5,000 on each charge.<br />Guanyuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622336318754833240noreply@blogger.com