Vivian Lee, one half of the duo who drew public outrage a few years back for posting their intimate pictures online, told a Sessions Court that her ex-boyfriend Alvin Tan refused to take down a controversial Ramadan ‘bak kut teh’ posting on Facebook because he wanted to get public reaction.
According to a report by The Star Online, the 27-year-old customer relations officer said Alvin saw the posting as a joke and found it hilarious.
When asked by her counsel Chong Joo Tian on why Alvin had uploaded the posting, Vivian said: “I tried to grab the laptop but he pushed me away and I could not get hold of the device.”
Vivian also added that they got into a huge fight because of the posting, and she “got tired and did not know what to do as it was useless persuading him.”
“We ended up doing own things,” she told the Court.
Answering another question from her counsel, Vivian said that the 28-year-old Alvin, who had jumped bail and is believed to be in the United States, did not ask for her permission to upload the posting on their joint Facebook account.
“He showed me after he uploaded the posting,” she said.
Both Vivian and Alvin are facing charges for uploading content that could possibly stir hostility among those with different beliefs as well as for publishing a seditious photograph and inviting Muslims to break fast with ‘bak kut teh’.
