Singapore police investigating threat against PM Lee on Facebook

A man types on a computer keyboard in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. (Reuters file photo)

Singapore's police are investigating a post on Facebook that has threatened to put a bullet through the country's Prime Minister.

A search by Yahoo Singapore found a page entitled "GM Pheonix [sic]" with at least two posts tagging PM Lee Hsien Loong in them.

One post, which had a photo of a bullet against what appeared to be fabric from an army camouflage uniform, was published on Friday at 7:30pm. It challenged PM Lee Hsien Loong to "find me if you can", while saying "this bullet will go through your head soon". The post also claimed there was a bomb planted at Changi Airport by a "guy wearing black hoodie".

The page's "About" description says the group of administrators running it "contain [sic] several unstable hacker [sic] from Malaysia and Singapore".

Links to the post were shared with the police on its Facebook page over the weekend, and on Sunday evening, local media said police acknowledged that a report had been filed with them, adding that they are investigating it.