This is the fourth correction direction issued to the Reform Party leader under the law against fake news. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam has been issued a fourth correction direction under the law against fake news, this time over his comments on the National Day Rally.
The notices must state that the article and posts contain “false statements of fact” and provide a link to the Government’s clarification on its fact-checking website Factually, which “will allow readers to read both versions and draw their own conclusions”, Minlaw said. It also refuted Mr Jeyaratnam’s statement that the labour force participation rate for Singaporean citizens over the past five years could be below 50 per cent.
“This is because Singapore citizens make up a large majority of the resident labour force, at about 85 per cent. The permanent resident population has also remained stable over time. These two facts taken together mean that for the most part, resident data mirrors citizen data, and having citizen data in addition to resident data provides little additional information. For Singapore, the labour force participation rate for residents is also close to the rate for citizens ,” it added.
He had also falsely stated that the Government uses the principle of market value to value land for sale to the public, but it did not do so for renting out the land that was part of the 26 Ridout Road property and that Mr Shanmugam was allowed to annex additional land to the property he rented.
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