Authorities must decide whether Sticker Lady’s actions amount to vandalism or are harmless street art .
None of the stickers appears to carry any overtly political message, instead carrying phrases that mock Singaporean habits in “Singlish”, a hybrid of English and local dialects.
Chan Wing Cheong, associate law professor at the National University of Singapore, said the vandalism law was conceived at a time when Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister, was fighting leftwing opponents.
“The acts of the Sticker Lady may show a degree of preparation and deliberation, and even a large dose of creativity, but they are surely not on the same scale as what was intended to be caught by parliament when the vandalism law was passed,” he said. Full story
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