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Daniel Goh, 36, Charged Over Pork and Offensive Note Left at Tampines Flat

Police say they arrested him within four hours, signaling a firm stance on threats to racial and religious harmony.

Overview

  • Prosecutors allege he placed a piece of pork at the doorstep and stuck a handwritten note insulting Islam on the gate of a unit at Block 838, Tampines Street 82.
  • The items were allegedly left at about 5:35am on Mar 15 during Ramadan, and the victim saw them upon opening her gate.
  • He was charged on Mar 17 and remanded for a medical examination, with the case adjourned to Mar 31.
  • Police said they identified the suspect and made the arrest within four hours of the report filed that afternoon.
  • The offence of insulting another’s religious belief carries up to five years’ jail, a fine, or both, and authorities cited earlier prosecutions including a Sept 2025 case involving pork mailed to a mosque.