POFMA orders issued to Kenneth Jeyaretnam, online publication Jom over Ridout Road articles
SINGAPORE: Correction directions have been issued to Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Mr Thamil Selvan and online publication Jom over articles and social media posts about the rental of two bungalows along Ridout Road by two ministers.
Mr Selvan did so in a Facebook post on Jul 1, while Mr Jeyaretnam made the claims in an article on his website. It was also shared on his Twitter page. According to its website, Jom is a weekly magazine about Singapore. Its co-founders are Charmaine Poh, Tsen-Waye Tay and Sudhir Vadaketh. It wrote in its article that the government caused Instagram to geo-block a post by fugitive lawyer Charles Yeo, the former Reform Party chairman.
The senior minister also explained how Mr Shanmugam had “removed himself from the chain of command and decision-making process entirely” when it came to the rental of 26 Ridout Road. They added that the authority invests a “significant amount” in maintaining conserved properties such as the two bungalows, and that a key reason for the cost is the nature of the conservation requirements for such properties, which are older than the average property in Singapore.
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