{"id":45257,"date":"2026-04-17T20:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=45257"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:55:57","slug":"taoist-priest-fined-s2000-for-organising-10-hour-procession-without-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=45257","title":{"rendered":"Taoist priest fined S$2,000 for organising 10-hour procession without permit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tan then organised the procession. As part of the event, 39 performers from China were engaged, along with five brightly lit mobile floats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Auxiliary officers were also hired to manage traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being told by acquaintances that such an event would not be approved by the police, Tan proceeded without applying for a permit, which is required under the law.<\/p>\n<p>On Jun 22, 2024, the procession, comprising about 150 participants, took place from noon to about 10pm, stopping at multiple temples across Singapore, including those in Geylang, Bedok and Loyang.<\/p>\n<p>Participants travelled by vehicle between locations, disembarking about 200 to 300 metres away to perform rituals that also involved lion and dragon dances, as well as a qilin, before entering each temple. A qilin, or Chinese unicorn, is a sacred mythical creature in Chinese mythology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/procession-taoist-association-priest-fined-public-order-act-6063506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tan then organised the procession. As part of the event, 39 performers from China were engaged, along with five brightly lit mobile floats.\u00a0 Auxiliary officers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--pcElsAS2--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/04\/17\/screenshot_2026-04-17_171337.png?itok=Qry1bVHL","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[20767,1148,5827,11273,20765,5829,20766,20764],"class_list":["post-45257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-10hour","tag-fined","tag-organising","tag-permit","tag-priest","tag-procession","tag-s2000","tag-taoist","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}