Two guys are supporting police investigations into movies taken of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s son, Mr. Li Yipeng, in a vehicle, as well as a fake Facebook post about the incident.
The police said in an announcement yesterday that a police document has been made regarding videos taken of Mr. Li, who was supplied a trip in a personal vehicle.
The vehicle was pushed with the aid of a 31-12 months-antique Singaporean man, stated the police. It is understood that the automobile is no longer a private-hire automobile.
In the videos, the person was heard asking Mr. Li repeatedly to confirm his identification, home deal with, and security arrangements.
“The videos were taken without Mr. Li’s expertise or permission. The police are looking into the matter with the help of the driving force because the nature of the questions increases ultimate protection worries, given Mr. Li’s background,” stated the police.
Mr. Li, 36, with Asperger’s syndrome, is the second of PM Lee’s four children. The Prime Minister also has a daughter and two sons.
The police introduced that the motive force becomes previously convicted of taking a car without the proprietor’s consent below the Road Traffic Act.
An offense of using without legitimate coverage underneath the Act turned into considered at some point of sentencing in 2014.
Separately, it’s miles understood that the person was involved previously in a robbery-in-dwelling case and changed into given a caution by the police.
There was also a police report lodged in opposition to him for crook intimidation.
The police also investigate the flow of a photo showing a Facebook put up purportedly made with the aid of PM Lee approximately the incident.
The photo’s content material has been hooked up to be fake, police stated.
A 39-12-month-old guy is supporting the police in their investigations into this incident. The photograph has been circulating online on platforms such as Telegram and Facebook.
PM Lee’s press secretary, Ms. Chang Li Lin, stated that the day past that the Prime Minister is privy to the incident, the motion pictures, and the fake Facebook post.
She said, “It is a problem that a prone character may be taken advantage of like this.
“Yipeng happens to be the PM’s son, but many different inclined men and women go about Singapore on their own, and they have to be capable of accomplishing that properly, without being taken advantage of or pressured and without their privacy being breached.”
Ms. Chang introduced that as the matter became being investigated via the police, PM Lee might now not remark similarly.
PM Lee thanked participants of the public participants who had expressing the problem about their concerns.
