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The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has issued Disabling Directions (DD) under the Online Criminal Harms Act 2023 (OCHA) to Meta over a video of a man stepping on a Quran in Singapore, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement published on Sunday (March 8).\u00a0<\/p>\n
This act was believed to have taken place on a public bus.<\/p>\n
While the original video is no longer available, it had been reposted and shared multiple times across other social media platforms.<\/p>\n
The MHA and SPF had assessed that the video constitutes an offence of insulting the religion of another person under Section 17F(4) of the Maintenance Religious Act 1990.<\/p>\n
Five DDs were issued to Meta to disable access to the content, while posts containing the video are no longer accessible to end-users in Singapore.<\/p>\n
“While some individuals may have reposted the video to condemn the actions of the original poster, doing so perpetuates the offensive content online,” MHA said in the statement.<\/p>\n
“Members of the public who come across such content are advised to inform the authorities instead.”<\/p>\n
MHA said that it takes a “strong stance” against threats to Singapore’s racial and religious harmony, adding that “we will not tolerate such behaviour, and offenders will be dealt with swiftly and firmly”.<\/p>\n
Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
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