[ad_1]
SINGAPORE, July 9 (PTI): Authorities in Singapore have arrested a 45-year-old man for inciting violence by posting comments on Facebook aimed at Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, media reports said on Saturday.
The threat was discovered in the comments section of the portal’s Channel News Asia’s Facebook page about a post about the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Also read | Assassination of Shinzo Abe: Japanese police will set up a 90-person task force to investigate the case.
Police said they received a report at 3.10pm on Friday saying it threatened to incite violence against Prime Minister Lee, The Straits Times reported.
After an investigation, police were able to identify the Facebook user and arrested, police said. A laptop, a tablet and four mobile phones were seized.
Also read | Rogers power outage in Canada affects mobile phones, internet, bank ATMs and emergency service lines.
According to Channel News Asia, police are investigating.
Anyone convicted of making or distributing any electronic record containing incitement to violence faces up to five years in prison, a fine or both, the report said.
Prime Minister Lee on Friday slammed Abe’s assassination as “a senseless act of violence”.
“Mr. Abe is a good friend of Singapore. I just hosted him for lunch while visiting Tokyo in May. My thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Abe and his family,” Lee said on Facebook.
Abe, 67, was assassinated Friday on a western Japan street by a gunman who shot him from the back as he was delivering a campaign speech.
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from the Syndicated News feed, the body of the content may not have been modified or edited by LatestLY staff)
[ad_2]
Source link