SINGAPORE: A Filipino nurse who insulted Singaporeans online and called for the takeover of the city-state by his countrymen was charged in court Tuesday with sedition and lying to police, offences punishable by fines or jail.

Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, 28, had already been fired from his job at the government-run Tan Tock Seng Hospital in January following internal investigations into a series of social media posts which were deemed offensive.

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