Man Faces Charges for Damaging PAP Campaign Posters and Harassing Volunteers in Hougang

A 57-year-old man in Singapore will be charged in court for damaging General Election campaign materials in Hougang and making threatening remarks towards party volunteers. The man allegedly damaged campaign materials at Hougang Avenue 5 on May 3, including breaking flag poles and tearing down campaign posters that belonged to the People's Action Party. He also used threatening, abusive, and insulting remarks towards party volunteers and pushed two of them. The man, who was reportedly intoxicated during the incident, will face charges of mischief, intentional harassment, using criminal force, and causing annoyance while drunk. Singaporeans went to the polls on May 3, with Hougang SMC contested by the Workers’ Party incumbent Dennis Tan and PAP’s Marshall Lim.

Mr. Lim mentioned that he was late to a PAP gathering on May 3 due to an incident at his branch office, where acts of vandalism and physical force were used against his activists and volunteers. The matter is under investigation, and he apologized to party supporters for the delay.