“The families of those detained in Singapore wish to inform you that the Singapore authorities have returned the couples’ passports and that they will return to Valencia on the first available flight. “Eventually it all ended with a reprimand.”
Relatives of the couple of Valencia CF supporters detained since Friday October 4 in Singapore after demonstrating against the club’s main shareholder, Singaporean tycoon Peter Lim, expressed themselves in these terms in a press release.
In addition, they thanked “all those people and institutions (Spanish Embassy in Singapore and government delegation in Valencia)” who “really” cared about them and regretted “the noise generated by others” who delayed, “for personal interests, the resolution of this nightmare.
The family added: “Thank you again to everyone who has given us their support these days, our request at this time is that you respect the privacy of the family so that we can return to peace and return to normality of daily life. »
As reported by elDiario,es, fan Daniel Cuesta was on his honeymoon with his wife in Singapore. On Thursday, October 3, he shared on his social networks some photos and videos of him posing with a flag with the caption “Lim go home” in front of a building supposedly belonging to Lim and affixing a small sticker with the slogan “Lim out”. ” on the door of the property.
The next day, Friday, October 4, Cuesta and his partner planned to travel from Singapore to Bali to continue their honeymoon. However, according to journalist Héctor Gómez, director of Sports tribuneat Singapore airport, they were arrested and transferred to a hotel while waiting to make a statement. Both their passports were confiscated.
According to the local StraitsTimes newspaper, one of the most widely distributed in the Asian country, authorities were investigating a possible violation of Article 16.2 of the Public Order Law, which punishes with a maximum fine. meetings for which authorization has not been granted. more than 3,000 dollars to Singaporeans (approximately 2,100 euros), considering as such any march of two or more people who circulate to demonstrate their support or opposition to the opinions or actions of any person or to publicize a cause or campaign . However, in this case everything ended in a reprimand without a fine.
In April 2009, Amnesty International questioned the tightening of these regulations, believing that it “further restricted the right to peaceful assembly” and increased “the powers of bodies responsible for public security to the detriment of adequate guarantees to prevent abuse. “.
