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Singapore election candidates escape with warning for Facebook comments

Singapore election candidates escape with warning for Facebook comments

By Fri, Aug 12, 2011 12:30PM UTC View Comments Singapore election candidates escape with warning for Facebook comments

Though the country’s election was held in April this year, Singaporean police have finally taken action following an incident which saw (now MP but) then electoral candidate Tin Pei Ling’s team post a message to her Facebook page on a dedicated no campaigning “cooling off ” day. Police issued a “stern warning” to Miss Tin...

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Singapore elections: Nicole Seah and the social media effect

By Tue, Apr 26, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments Singapore elections: Nicole Seah and the social media effect

In a little over a week 24-year-old Singaporean Nicole Seah has gone from unknown advertising agency executive to the national spotlight as the country’s second most popular politician online after her campaign for the city’s Marine Parade GRC seat in the 2011 Singapore General Elections hit the online space through social media. Miss Seah, who is...

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