A Singapore court docket on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) acquitted three girls, together with certainly one of Indian-origin, of organising a pro-Palestine procession across the presidential palace, after discovering they have been unaware of the route being prohibited underneath the Public Order Act.

Indian-origin Annamalai Kokila Parvathi, 37, and two different Singaporean girls, every contested one cost underneath the Public Order Act of organising a procession publicising the reason for solidarity with Palestine on February 2, 2024, alongside the perimeter of the Istana — the presidential palace.

The girls have been a part of a bunch of about 70 individuals who walked to the Istana’s rear gate to hand-deliver letters on the Palestinian trigger to the Prime Minister’s Office, which is situated within the presidential palace and had a mail drop-off level there, Channel News Asia reported.

District Judge John Ng stated the prosecution didn’t show that the ladies ought moderately to have identified that the procession happened in a prohibited space.

This was as a result of the world outdoors the Istana was a public space with no indicators to point that the general public path was a prohibited space.

Judge Ng stated there had been a number of related walks to ship letters to the rear gate of the Istana, the place the mailroom was situated.

“They would not have any inkling that using that route would be illegal or prohibited,” stated Judge Ng, discovering that the ladies had “an honest and reasonable belief” that they weren’t in breach of the regulation.

Following the acquittal, Ms. Annamalai stated this “is an incomplete victory” and that there’s “a long road ahead to win our civil liberties as well as Palestine’s freedom”, based on the report.

Published – October 21, 2025 05:40 pm IST

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