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Singapore Couple on Charged with Sedition for Passing out Tracts

December 6th, 2008

A Christian couple in Singapore is on trial for sedition because they passed out a gospel tract to Musllims. The Straits Times reports:

A CHRISTIAN couple who allegedly distributed seditious publications to three Muslims went on trial on Thursday.

Ong Kian Cheong, 49, a technical officer with SingTel, and his wife, Dorothy Chan Hien Leng, 45, an associate director with Swiss bank UBS, are facing four charges each.

They are accused of distributing a comic strip booklet titled The Little Bride to Mr Irwan Ariffin, 32, at Sembawang Drive on Oct 19 last year.

The booklet is said ‘to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between Christians and Muslims in Singapore’ according to the charge.

Read the full article at The Straits Times.