Singapore stops chicken man staging anti-KFC protest

Singapore stops chicken man staging anti-KFC protest


Thu Jun 10, 12:06 pm ET
SINGAPORE (AFP) –

A US animal-rights activist said he was prevented by police Thursday from staging a one-man protest
in a chicken suit at a KFC outlet in Singapore.

Edward Basse, a Manila-based campaigner for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),
said he was whisked away in a police car after he arrived by taxi outside the restaurant

"I am now in my hotel room. I am under functional house arrest. I will stay in my hotel room
under police surveillance until I leave tomorrow," 24-year-old Basse told AFP by telephone.

Police in Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest restrictions on protests, had no immediate comment.

"It took a long time, the questioning, perhaps a couple of hours ...
I was scared, but that is what I have to do for the chickens," Basse said.

"They confiscated my bags and the chicken costume, as well as the poster," he added,
saying he did not expect to be charged and would leave Singapore voluntarily.


"I am here now in my room safe, but what I went through
is nothing compared to (the treatment of) the chickens."

the man obviously loves his chickens