SINGAPORE - Local activist Goh Keow Wah, better known as Gilbert Goh, was charged in a district court on Wednesday (Dec 15) with an offence under the Public Order Act after he allegedly staged an unlawful protest near the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority building in Kallang Road on May 1. The Singaporean is said to have held up a placard stating: "Please ban all flights from India we are not racist! Just being cautious." Police said in a statement on Tuesday that he did not have a permit to carry out the public assembly. Goh, now 60, had posted a picture of himself with the placard on Facebook on May 1, a week after Singapore barred all long-term pass holders and short-term visitors who had travelled to India in the past 14 days from entering or transiting through the country. The move was announced by the multi-ministry task force on Covid-19, following a surge in cases in India. He was also charged on Wednesday with refusing to sign his statement to the police at the Bedok Police Division Headquarters at around 4pm on May 11. Details about the statement were not disclosed in court documents. Separately, police said in their statement that he had allowed a foreigner to partic...