Thursday, February 26, 2015

Queensland student Ai Takagi arrested in Singapore under sedition laws...

An Australian woman has been arrested in Singapore under "draconian" sedition laws, which carry a jail term of up to three years.

The 22-year-old, who several Singaporean media outlets named as Brisbane student Ai Takagi, was arrested along with a 26-year-old Singaporean-Chinese man, named as Robin Yang.

Their arrests appear to have stemmed from a letter from a reader published on Singaporean citizen journalism website The Real Singapore detailing alleged police brutality during Thaipusam, a symbolic Hindu festival celebrated by the country's Tamil community.

The article alleged the brutality occurred after a Filipino family asked police to enforce an existing ban on musical instruments because a nearby drummer was upsetting their child.

It provoked a long stream of comments in which several people voiced their anger at Filipinos and foreigners in general. Full story...

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