Is It Illegal To Promote A Cause In Singapore?

Singapore Democrats, 12 & 13 Sep 2008

"We reported yesterday how Inspector Tan Sin Choon from the Tanglin Police Division told Ms Jaslyn Go during her interview that promoting a cause or a campaign was considered an illegal activity in Singapore.

We thought Mr Tan had gotten it wrong because the law cannot possibly state that. We thought wrong.

The investigating officer repeated the statement to Mr Chia Ti Lik when the lawyer went down for his interview following Ms Go's.

"Do you know that the Miscellaneous Offences Act prohibits the participation in an assembly or procession without a permit to promote a cause or a campaign?""

Read More Here:
It's official - promoting a cause is illegal: Part I - 12 Sep 2008
It's official - promoting a cause is illegal: Part II - 13 Sep 2008