Singapore activist in court over one-man ‘smiley face’ protest
Jolovan Wham is facing charges under Public Order Act after posing for a photo with his placard in March.
![Jolovan Wham is being charged for an offence under the Public Order Act for holding a placard with a smiley face outside a police station on March 28 [Jolovan Wham/Handout via Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-20T045137Z_601690018_RC2S6K9752GR_RTRMADP_3_SINGAPORE-CRIME.jpg?resize=530%2C380)
23 Nov 2020 Al Jazeera
Social worker and activist Jolovan Wham appeared in a Singapore court on Monday morning accused of illegal assembly after standing alone outside a police station holding a placard with a hand-drawn smiley face in March.
Wham, who has had a number of run-ins with the authorities in the tightly controlled country, wore a white T-shirt emblazoned with a smiley face and matching mask on his way to court.
