Man calling for PM’s resignation over Terrex issue arrested

SINGAPORE — A man who went about in public calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was arrested a second time in two days. He was out on bail at the time. 

Photos and videos circulating online show him holding up a sign at Raffles Place MRT Station, asking the Prime Minister to resign over the “Terrex conspiracy”. 

He appeared to be alone.

The 41-year-old was detained on Tuesday (July 4) under the Public Order Act. 

The police, who were alerted to the incident at around 1pm, said that he had been arrested on Monday for the same offence. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

TODAY understands that the man is a Singaporean by the name of Yan Jun. 

This latest episode is not his first brush with the law. 

Last year, he was charged under the Public Order Act for taking part in two demonstrations against the Singapore judiciary in March and April. 

He had allegedly held placards stating “No judiciary corruption in the Supreme Court of Singapore” in English and “Protest against High Court of Singapore for miscarriage of justice” in Chinese at the Istana Park and along North Bridge Road.

In 2014, Yan’s appeal for a civil suit that he brought against the Attorney-General — claiming damages of S$1,227,135 for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and other reasons — was thrown out by the apex court. 

The arrest happened in 2009, and Yan was detained for 21 hours before he was released without being charged.

The detention was due to a suspected breach of an Expedited Order, taken by his wife against him. 

Later, it was discovered that the Expedited Order, which is an urgent Personal Protection Order, had been revoked by July 19.