"Rommel Tan" and Calvin Cheng remove posts on oppostion rmarks

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

http://publicopinion.sg/443/spreadin...-police-rommel

Some netizens have done some background checks on "Rommel Tan" and has come up with some interesting findings.

As it turned out, "Rommel Tan" appears to be a fake handle, and the profile photo used seems to also be an impersonation - it actually belongs to a "Nicholas Lim" who apparently works in South Korea.

The profile photo used by "Rommel Tan" is an exact replica or duplicate of "Nicholas Lim" photo on a Korean website.

See this here: http://www.tremeritus.com/2015/07/28...th-each-other/

Since the expose by the netizens, "Rommel Tan" appears to have deleted or removed or made his Facebook page unavilable. He seems to have gone underground, hiding apparently from the scrutiny.

Mr Calvin Cheng has also removed his posting.

What does one make of all this?

It is a crime, really, to impersonate someone, even if it is done online, and especially when doing so for ill intentions, as indeed "Rommel Tan" has done.

Certainly, the opposition politicians (and even the PAP) could take legal action against "Rommel Tan" for ascribing remarks to them which seem to be false, or completely made up. And "Nicholas Lim" - who appears to be areal person who is being impersonated - could also take legal action if he wanted.

What "Rommel Tan" has done could come under Singapore's defamation laws, section 419 of the Penal Code.

Website, The Online Citizen, sought clarification from the two opposition parties involved and found that the members had never made the remarks ascribed to them by "Rommel Tan".


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