A Spinoff article, covering the disparate groups

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involved in the occupation at Parliament

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-02-...occupation

Interesting read. Most of those mentioned seem quite divorced from reality & some give the impression that they're far from well.

A woman in Singapore who tried to claim she was a 'sovereign citizen' was remanded to a mental health facility.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/coronav...VJOLDR3PE/


"In a video reportedly from the confrontation, the woman claimed she was "sovereign" and therefore was able to ignore the rules, according to Singapore's Straits Times.
"I'm a sovereign  This is something people are not going to know what it is," she said.
"It means I have nothing to do with the police, it means I have no contract with the police. They have no say over me."
A man, who is off-screen, responded: "This doesn't even make any sense. If you're a person in Singapore, you have to follow the rules of Singapore."


At a court hearing the next day, the newspaper reported the woman as saying she "extended my sovereign immunity".

"I am a living woman and that is my only capacity in this matter."
She was remanded at a mental health facility ahead of her next court appearance on May 19. A local Chinese newspaper reported she was a physiotherapist who had lived in Australia for 20 years.

The US-based Southern Poverty Law Centre has mentioned the sovereign citizens movement under a list of extremist organisations.

"Sovereign citizens believe that they get to decide which laws to obey and which to ignore, and they don't think they should have to pay taxes," the centre said.
It claimed the movement has its roots in white supremacy and outlandish conspiracy theories that are anti-Semitic in nature."