Man sues Singapore Kindness Movement over alleged breach of ...

SINGAPORE - A man is suing the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM) over alleged breach of privacy and emotional distress, with the first day of the civil trial taking place on Aug 5. Mr Martin Piper's statement of claim said he e-mailed SKM on or around Aug 27, 2022, complaining about Ms Carol Loi Pui Wan, the co-founder of SGFamilies, a ground-up movement of the SKM. It states: "To the claimant's knowledge, Carol was engaging in discriminatory conduct by operating a chat group on Telegram messenger which disseminated transphobic and anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) material. "The claimant also knew Carol to be affiliated with the defendant, and therefore thought it fit to lodge a complaint to the defendant about (her conduct)." On Sept 1, 2022, SKM's head of strategic marketing and communications Karun S'Baram responded to Mr Piper's e-mail. In it, according to Mr P...