Despite – or perhaps due to – all the ruckus caused, anti-vax diva Iris Koh has persuaded the public to fund her legal defense, anti-government crusade, and ongoing campaign against public health measures.
Koh posted a mini thank you speech on her group’s Telegram channel this morning showing appreciation to her volunteers and revealed that she had nearly raised all of her S$100,000 (US$74,000) goal in just a week.
“Also updates on fund raising, almost reach […] $96016.01. I will give more detailed updates soon,” she wrote.
Although none of her claims can be verified as her donations are private, Koh said close to S$49,000 had been raised from 280 people within two days of her tearful appeal to the public in a now-removed video after being charged Jan. 23 with allegedly conspiring to falsify vaccination records and tearing up a police statement.
She has also filed three police complaints of her own since her Jan. 21 arrest. She did not respond to a message seeking comment.
Koh today said she will use the excess funds to pay for the day-to-day operations of her anti-vax group and to fund her lawsuit against Health Minister Ong Ye Kung and the government “for judicial review.”
Her need for attention never seems bottomless, as she revealed Friday that she was working on a memoir to be titled Into The Lion’s Den on her experience being locked up 15 days, as well as educating “ordinary citizens” about their rights when under police investigation.
Koh is set to return to court March 14. She is also under investigation for interfering with official duties by attempting to disrupt operations at pediatric vaccination centers and flooding public health hotlines.
If found guilty of voluntarily obstructing a public servant in the discharge of their duties, Koh could be jailed up to three months and fined S$2,500. If found guilty of criminal conspiracy to make false representations, Koh faces up to 20 years behind bars.
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