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Singapore orders Australia-based website under fake news law to issue correction
- Singapore has ordered Australia-based website East Asia Forum to issue a correction over an articled titled “A spate of scandals strikes Singapore”
- The Prime Minister’s Office says the article by an academic from the National University of Singapore contains four falsehoods
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A website called East Asia Forum has been issued a correction direction for publishing a commentary containing various false statements on recent political controversies in Singapore.
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The article published on August 18 was written by a Singaporean academic from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
In a statement on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that Indranee Rajah, Minister in the PMO, has instructed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) Office to issue the correction direction to East Asia Forum over the article titled, “A spate of scandals strikes Singapore”.
East Asia Forum is a website that carries commentaries on politics, economics, business, law, security, international relations and society in the Asia-Pacific region. Its base is the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University in the Australian city of Canberra.
PMO said that the article by Assistant Professor Chan Ying-kit from NUS contains falsehoods in relation to various matters, including the independence of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s approach in addressing certain matters.
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NUS’ website states that Chan is with its department of Chinese studies and his research interests focus on Chinese history.
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