Iris Koh edits & deletes social media claims of police 'secret meeting' with Jipson Quah after DPP warns of potential contempt of court

Healing the Divide founder Iris Koh has edited and deleted social media posts after being warned by the prosecution of potential contempt of court on Mar. 4 amid her ongoing trial.

She had allegedly said that a police superintendent had a "secret meeting" with suspended doctor Jipson Quah, 36, and that Quah was asked to embellish his statements, reported The Straits Times (ST).

Posted the same claim on multiple social media platforms

According to ST, Deputy Public Prosecutor Kelvin Chong had warned Koh of potential contempt of court, in reference to her posts on Facebook and X on Feb. 26, 2025.

In the posts, Koh wrote that Central Police Division's head of investigation Tan Pit Seng had a "secret meeting" with Quah, in which he was asked to "embellish his statements" against her so he could get bail.

These claims about the meeting were also previously presented in court in December 2024, as reported by ST.

Quah and Koh are both on trial for conspiring to falsely inform the Health Promotion Board (HPB) that patients who did not get Covid-19 vaccinations had done so, in 2022.

As the trial is still ongoing, Chong highlighted that her posts may amount to contempt of court and also requested the court to prevent Koh from sharing similar posts.

Her lawyer was told to review the posts, and later shared with the court that she had taken "some steps".

"While I understand your interests in reporting about your case, there has to be certain parameters," the District Judge told Koh, adding that she should only report matters when she is "very confident" that the information is accurate.

Koh responds

In a Facebook post on Mar. 4, Koh said that she disagrees that the posts were sub judice.

Under Singapore law, sub judice contempt is an offence that covers statements or publications made about pending court proceedings which prejudge issues and may prejudice or interfere with the proceedings.

Koh said she had amended her earlier Facebook post, and explained that she deleted the X post as the app did not have an "edit" function.

"While I disagree that it's sub judice, I'm amending it to be cooperative to the DPP and I don't want to fight over a minor issue when the main fight is much more crucial," she wrote.

She also stressed that it was the same post made on Facebook and on X, and not multiple posts.

According to Koh, the judge said in court that sub judice is a "complex issue" and had simply advised her to be cautious in posting online.

She added: "He did not rule that what I wrote is sub judice. I thank him for his caution."

Koh concluded her post by inviting the public to "come and witness the actual trials for yourself so you can be your own best witness of what happens in the court room."