The second limb of section 6(2) was examined by District Judge Neighbour in "Ong Kian Cheong". The issue in the case was whether the accused persons had knowledge or reason to believe that the publications possessed seditious tendencies. The first accused claimed he did not read the tracts and thus did not know that they had seditious tendencies. He alleged that all he did was to post the tracts after the second accused had prepared them. The second accused claimed that she had purchased and distributed the tracts without reading them and had no reason to believe the publications were seditious or objectionable because they were freely available on sale in local bookstores.