Today in Singapore, on my way home after an event, I was met at the MRT station by two police officers, who then got MRT staff to let us into a private (isolation?) room, just to hand me this letter summoning me for questioning re: "taking part in a public assembly w/o a permit". https://t.co/K0gY0RZqaV

They'd actually gone to my flat last night, but no one was home because I was at a reception hosted by the German embassy on the occasion of a visit to Singapore by the German federal president. So they had to find another time to meet and hand me the letter in person.

This morning, I got a call from the investigating officer again asking where I was and whether they could meet me. Apparently the letter *had* to be handed over to me in person. So I said I was at the mall by the MRT station, and they headed over right away.

I thought it'd be a 'pick up the letter and go' situation but it turned out that it needed to be done in private. Not sure what the SOP is; the first time I was called in for questioning in 2017 they came to the flat with a letter, but the second time in 2021 they just rang me...

Anyway, they didn't tell me exactly what "public assemblies" I'd participated in without a permit, but given the dates on the letter and that this is the Bedok police division, I'm going to hazard a guess as to which "incidents" they're talking about...

1. When I sat quietly with three other friends outside Changi Prison the night before Abdul Kahar Othman was hanged. https://twitter.com/kixes/status/1508878723726016512?s=20&t=FhM_xrbh_C7aYvVigY3uCQ

2. When we took these photos. (We literally posed for the photos, then left. Zero disruption to anybody.) https://twitter.com/kixes/status/1518784243857432577?s=20&t=FhM_xrbh_C7aYvVigY3uCQ

If you need some background on the state of freedom of assembly in Singapore, here you go: https://twitter.com/kixes/status/1498179269759213570?s=20&t=FhM_xrbh_C7aYvVigY3uCQ