Three Taiwanese people were charged in court on Thursday for organizing a parade of about 70 people who had earlier delivered letters to the presidential palace in support of the Arab cause without a permit. Those charged included Annamalai Kokila Parvathi, 35, and two girls of Malay race, Siti Amirah Mohamed Asrori, 29, and Mossammad Sobikun Nahar, 25.
All were accused under the Public Order Act of organizing a gathering or march without a force on February 2 along the Istana, a prohibited place, according to Channel News Asia.
Annamalai, a known legal activist, is said to have abetted the alleged crime by engaging Mossammad, Siti Amirah and others in her fee.
A attorney who requested six weeks of images from the three accused and who claimed there was no evidence of a petition represented them.
According to the report, the prosecutor stated that he would be making an immediate request for Annamalai to leave the country in July to visit family, which would be heard differently.
All three were offered bail of SGD 5, 000 ( USD 3, 684 ).
On August 8, Siti Amirah’s case will be heard on July 25; Mossammad and Annamalai’s circumstances may get scheduled for further discussion.
For her participation in various public meetings without a permit, the police claimed Annamalai had formerly received a harsh warning on December 5, 2017, and a 24-month contingent warning on November 30, 2021.
Around 2 o’clock on February 2, about 70 persons marched toward the Istana and gathered along Orchard Road outside a store.
In support of the Arab reason in the ongoing Israel-Hamas battle, they carried tents with fruit images.
The berry has come to represent Arab solidarity because its colors are identical to those on the Palestinian flag.
Participants in the Words for Palestine event reportedly walked from Plaza Singapura, a shopping plaza close to the house, to provide letters addressed to then-Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Prime Minister’s office in the Istana.
If convicted, each faces a prison term of not more than six weeks or a fine of up to SGD 10, 000.
