Man jailed for sharing anti-Islam videos on Facebook while posing as someone he disliked

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Man jailed for sharing anti-Islam videos on Facebook while posing as someone he disliked
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Chua Wang Cheng, 33, told another person that it was "fun" and "felt really good" to post "anti-Muslim comments".

Chua Wang Cheng, 33, told another person that it was "fun" and"felt really good" to post"anti-Muslim comments".New: You can now listen to articles.SINGAPORE: A man created fake Facebook accounts posing as someone he disliked, then shared videos that disparaged the religion of Islam, attracting police reports for inflammatory content.

Chua disliked the victim as he felt the victim was arrogant and sarcastic towards him, Deputy Public Prosecutor Samuel Chew said. That same day, the victim was interviewed by police and said that the account did not belong to him. He made a police report that he had been harassed by Chua. According to the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore , one of the videos contained baseless claims and was made with the intention of disparaging Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.

Chua's actions resulted in the victim being hauled in for police questioning at least twice in 2019 and 2020.

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