Former Filipino nurse charged with sedition, giving false info to police

A Filipino nurse in Singapore was on Tuesday charged with sedition and lying to the police for allegedly making anti-Singaporean comments on Facebook, reported.

In his Facebook post in January, Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, 28, allegedly prayed that “disators” [sic] to strike Singapore and “more Singaporeans will die”, and that he would celebrate.

He also described Singaporeans as “loosers” [sic] and pledged to “evict” them from their country and said “Pinoy better and stronger than Stinkaporeans” in the post.

Singapore’s Sedition Act stipulates that anyone found guilty of promoting feelings of ill will and hostility between different races or classes of the population be fined up to $5,000 and jailed for up to three years.

When interrogated by Singapore police a day after he published the post, Ello allegedly claimed that his Facebook account had been hacked and that the comments were not posted by him.

But police have alleged that he lied to them after they conducted a digital forensic analysis of his computer devices and server logs, according to a spokesperson from the Attorney-General's Chambers.