{"id":59774,"date":"2026-06-11T06:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59774"},"modified":"2026-06-11T06:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:56:02","slug":"man-to-be-charged-over-sending-abusive-e-mails-to-marsiling-yew-tee-mp-town-council-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59774","title":{"rendered":"Man to be charged over sending abusive e-mails to Marsiling-Yew Tee MP, town council employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211; A 72-year-old man will be charged on June 11 for allegedly sending e-mails with abusive language over several months to an MP for Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC and a town council employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a media statement on June 10, the police did not identify the recipients of the abusive e-mails. The MPs currently representing Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC are Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Alex Yam, Zaqy Mohamad and Hany Soh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said that the e-mails were sent between Aug 19 and Oct 6, 2025, and contained \u201caccusations of unlawful conduct and abusive comments\u201d directed at an MP and a town council employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The man will be charged with using or communicating abusive words or materials towards a public servant under the Protection from Harassment Act. If convicted, he may be fined up to $5,000 and\/or jailed up to 12 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He had previously been investigated for similar offences for abusive conduct towards the same MP and a number of other town council personnel, said the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said there is zero tolerance for harassment and abusive conduct directed at public officers or town council employees who serve the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/man-to-be-charged-for-sending-abusive-e-mails-to-mp-town-council-employee-in-marsiling-yew-tee-grc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; A 72-year-old man will be charged on June 11 for allegedly sending e-mails with abusive language over several months to an MP for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59774","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=59774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}