The online publication has been asked to put up a correction notice on an article published on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Online publication Asia Sentinel has been asked to put up a correction notice, under the law against fake news, on one of its articles published on Wednesday containing several false statements.
In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Home Affairs , which initiated the corrections under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act , took issue with three points made in the Asia Sentinel article: That Mr Lee and Mrs Lee were forced to leave Singapore because government action was threatened against them for warring with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
In July 2021, when Mr Wong’s opinion piece was published by Nikkei Asia, Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam hadThe minister also mentioned that Mr Wong was “ironically” charged over possessing obscene films and transmitting obscene materials in a sex-themed Telegram chat group, with investigations against him and others starting in November 2019.for offences linked to obscene films and pictures.
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