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Whether a Statement is True or False Cannot be 'Based on... The Straits Times reported Deputy AG Hri Kumar who is representing Manpower Minister Josephine Teo in the POFMA issue saying: "the minister who initiates a Pofma direction will look at the article or statement in question and determine what he believes to be its meaning. A correction direction can then be issued...

Is Singapore ready for malign foreign influence? Singaporean politicians and commentators repeatedly emphasise the dangers of malign foreign interference. Attention has moved from a foreign academic being expelled for being an ‘agent of influence’ to civil society activists meeting with foreign leaders and independent media receiving foreign foundation funding. Opinion...

Minister Chan's statistics lead us to more questions on workforce... Minister Chan Chun Sing revealed that 17% of new jobs went to PRs, whilst they make up a total of 15% of the Singaporean workforce.  In my opinion, this is engaging in typical selective disclosure as several questions immediately come to mind: 1) Why did he report only on total jobs created between 2015 and 2018?...

Dr Chee: It would be ludicrous for the MOM to say that 'in... The most shocking part of the Manpower Minister Josephine Teo's POFMA action against the SDP involves this statement in the MOM's affidavit: "Counsel will elaborate further on the legal position: what has been set out is, in the Minister's view, the correct, reasonable interpretation, and there is no other reasonable...

SDP to present three reasons why POFMA case should be heard...   The SDP will argue before the Judge in chambers tomorrow morning to transfer the hearing to open court. We have asked the AGC whether it objects to our application but have not had a reply. Our argument is three-fold: Unlike other cases between private entities over domestic disputes that have limited interest...

Human Rights Watch: New ‘Online Falsehoods’ Law Further... Singapore’s government placed greater restrictions on the country’s already sharply curtailed free expression rights in 2019, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which took effect in October, permits a single government...

SDP to Apply for POFMA Hearing to be Heard in Open Court The POFMA case between the SDP and MOM will be heard in the High Court on Thursday, 16 Jan. Unfortunately, the matter is scheduled to be heard in Chambers (6F) rather than open court. This means that the public and media will not be allowed to attend. The SDP will, however, apply to the judge to have the case...

An economy on steroids will break down sooner or later Does PM Lee Hsien Loong think that increasing immigration and inflow of foreign workers the best way to keep on driving the economy? Since he took over in 2004, we see an "artificial" influx of immigration - a contrast with the "natural" population growth from 1965 to 2004 under former Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and...

Why should Singpaoreans and PRs be lumped together for employment... Why did the government lump Singaporeans and PRs together when tabulating statistics for local employment? So as not to pit Singaporeans against PRs? Obviously not. I believe the most probable reason for lumping these two components together is to confuse the populace regarding the actual number of employment created...

Singaporean applies to High Court for criminal revision regarding... Mohan Rajangam, the 50-year-old Singaporean who recently spoke to TOC about his traumatic arrest by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and his subsequent extradition to Malaysia in 2015, has filed an application to the Singapore High Court for a criminal revision. Mr Mohan will be represented by human rights lawyer...

We can get you the numbers, but you don't need to know I refer to this article on Today. Basically, in Parliament on 6th January, the PAP declared that Singaporeans are getting more jobs, 60,000 local employment. Mr Pritam Singh requested for the specific number in terms of PRs and Singaporeans. However, Mr Chan Chun Sing vehemently refused to answer that question. 1)...

Thank you, Dr. Chee! Even though we are a democratic country, Singaporeans have lost the basic right to question the government which we had voted in. We have many questions on the PAP’s nonsense, and we demand answers on CECA, CPF, Mrs. Pinky’s salary, etc. Of course, many Singaporeans were coerced into voting for PAP as they painted...

The alleged delay in the release of the EBRC report Earlier today, we were queried by the media about our thoughts on the alleged delay in the release of the report by the Election Boundaries Review Committee ("EBRC"). In our perspective, there is little value in speculating the timing of the EBRC’s report or the reasons for the same. Instead, we have been...

SDP Files Case Against MOM in High Court to Fight for What... The SDP has filed an Originating Summons against Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo in the High Court. The legal action follows the rejection by Ms Teo of the SDP's application for her to cancel the Correction Directions she issued under POFMA for three of our posts. The court has set 16 January 2020, Thursday,...