Loo Peng Seng, a Singaporean, was charged on Tuesday with transmitting false and harmful information.
This got here after police said in an announcement on Monday evening that they were alerted on March 4 to an alleged bomb threat.
“The public reported that they got here across a Facebook post from a public figure abroad stating that that they had received bomb threats from an individual impersonating a Singaporean,” police said. “The initial investigation revealed that the man had neither the intention nor the means to carry out his threats.”
Court documents show that on February 28, Loo allegedly sent a false bomb threat to “Han Guo Yu” via Facebook Messenger.
Loo allegedly wrote, “Han Guo Yu, I’ll bring loads of bombs you could put in your automobile or house.”
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Later that day, Loo allegedly sent a false bomb threat to a different Taiwanese politician, Lo Chih-Chiang, via the identical social media platform, writing that he would “use bombs to blow you to pieces.”
The next day, Loo allegedly sent Han one other message stating that he was “going to ensure that I blow up your members of the family with automobile bombs.”
Loo was also accused of sending one other false threat to Loo on March 1.
“Lo Chih Chiang, I’m going to bomb your home. “I even have loads of bombs to bomb the Legislative Yuan constructing,” he wrote. This refers to Taiwan’s fundamental legislative constructing.
I’ll bomb your home. I even have loads of bombs to bomb the Legislative Yuan constructing
It will not be clear from the court documents whether or not they discuss with the Taiwanese politician of the identical name, Kuomintang member Lo Chih-Chiang.
However, it was found that on March 2, Lo posted on Facebook through which he said he had received a bomb threat.
He also sent screenshots of text messages he received from “Spencer Lui” via Facebook Messenger on February 29 and March 1 containing threats much like those alleged in Loo’s court documents.
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The dates within the screenshot match the dates listed in court documents when Loo sent his threats. The screenshots also discuss with threats against Han Guo Yu.
Loo’s case is scheduled to return back to court on April 9.
If found guilty, he could possibly be sentenced to as much as seven years in prison and a high quality of not greater than A$50,000 ($37,350), or each.
