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http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/filipino-ex-nurse-charged-sedition-and-giving-false-info-the-polic INGAPORE - The nurse who allegedly made anti-Singaporean comments on Facebook was charged on Tuesday with sedition and giving false information to the police. 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. 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. He ended by saying that "Pinoy better and stronger than Stinkaporeans" in his Jan 2 post. He also allegedly commented in another post that evening that he would "kick out all Singaporeans and SG will be the new filipno state". 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. 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. 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. The last charge accuses him of giving false information to the same officer on Jan 5. Ello, who was not represented, told the court he would be engaging a lawyer. Bail of $10,000 was offered and his passport has been impounded. A pre-trial conference has been set for April 21. If convicted, he could be fined up to $5,000 and/or jailed for up to three years on each charge of sedition. For lying to the police, he could be jailed for up to one year and/or fined up to $5,000 on each charge. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/filipino-ex-nurse-charged-sedition-and-giving-false-info-the-polic#sthash.GpUVPnmq.dpuf

Source: Freedom of Speech The free speech rights of a married couple are under attack in Singapore. Ong Kian Cheong and his wife Dorothy Chan Hien Leng are on trial for allegedly distributing anti-Muslim tracts by comic creator Jack Chick. According to The Straits Times, Farhati Ahmad, Irwan Ariffin and Isa Raffee, all of whom are Muslim, filed police reports after receiving by mail the comic booklets The Little Brideand Who is Allah? from Chick Publications. Farhati Ahmad says she received The Little Bride through the mail March 6, 2007 and made an official complaint the same day. She claims the booklet aims to insult and confuse Muslims and perpetuate Islamaphobia. Ong Kian Cheong and Dorothy Chan Hien Leng are being tried under Singapore's Sedition Act and Undesirable Publications Act. The charges allege the comic publications promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between Christians and Muslims in Singapore. For nearly four decades professional artist Jack Chick has written and published hundreds of comic tracts in multiple languages to promote his particular brand of Christianity, with hundreds of millions of copies distributed worldwide. kHis hatred for Catholics, Jehovah