SINGAPORE: The High Court on Thursday (Apr 30) allowed an appeal by the prosecution and reversed the acquittal of three women over the organisation of a pro-Palestinian procession to the Istana.
Mossammad Sobikun Nahar, 26, Siti Amirah Mohamed Asrori, 31, and Annamalai Kokila Parvathi, 37, were fined S$3,000 (US$2,340) each.
Justice See Kee Oon found that the judge in their trial had erred in law by failing to apply a legal test correctly. He found that the trio ought reasonably to have made the appropriate enquiries which would have let them come to know of the relevant prohibition order.
The women were convicted of one charge each under the Public Order Act of organising a procession publicising the cause of solidarity with the Palestinian people between 2pm and 3pm on Feb 2, 2024, along the perimeter of the Istana.
They were part of a group of about 70 people who walked from the Plaza Singapura mall to the Istana’s rear gate to hand-deliver letters on the Palestinian cause to the Prime Minister’s Office, which is located in the Istana and had a mail drop-off point there.
