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On 9 May 2024, one of the charges was dismissed, and 5 new charges were handed to her by the courts, for instigating her followers to harass doctors and to obstruct workers at the
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January 31. This came after it was revealed that at least 20 patients were involved in the vaccination fraud. While in remand, Koh tore up a police statement, which resulted in her being given a new charge of obstructing a police inspector by refusing to sign and
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Koh was granted a $ 20,000 bail on 4 February 2022, and was released. However, as part of the bail conditions, she could not contact, directly or indirectly, co-accused persons, alleged accomplices or any witnesses, including members of the
Healing the Divide. Lun believed that the restriction was
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Koh claims to have founded the
Healing the Divide group to "fill an information gap about COVID-19". In October 2021, Koh and her husband, Raymond Ng, reportedly encouraged over 2,000 members of Healing the Divide to flood several public hotlines, such as the Ministry of Health Quality
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Hotline. Following this, the police announced that they had begun an investigation on both Koh and Ng for allegedly instigating others to call and overwhelm public hotlines. Koh later apologised for her actions and claimed that she was assisting police with the investigations.
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several days after her husband had tested positive, and that she was having mild symptoms. She stated that she believed that since she had contracted the virus, she possessed "immunity for life" from the virus.
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Healing the Divide.
276:"Police investigating Iris Koh & Raymond Ng for allegedly instigating others to overwhelm public hotlines"
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ordered her to pay her lawyers the balance of the $ 23,000 owed, describing Koh's conduct as “ungracious”.
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tearing up a copy of her statement while in remand.
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187:Lai, Linette; Chong, Clara (20 October 2021).
66:Collaboration with Dr. Jipson Quah and arrest
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389:Koay, Andrew (14 November 2021).
98:On 15 March 2022, Koh released a
992:Daud, Sulaiman (18 March 2022).
758:Tang, Louisa (28 January 2022).
702:Kow, Zi Shan (31 January 2022).
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446:Cheng, Ian (5 January 2022).
1076:Koh, Wan Ting (9 May 2024).
513:. Singapore. 23 January 2022
158:Koh, Wan Ting (9 May 2024).
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