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Whether a Statement is True or False Cannot be ‘Based on the Minister’s Interpretation’

Whether a Statement is True or False Cannot be ‘Based on the Minister’s Interpretation’

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 based on the... 

Dr Chee: It would be ludicrous for the MOM to say that ‘in the minister’s view’ the earth is round

Dr Chee: It would be ludicrous for the MOM to say that ‘in the minister’s view’ the earth is round

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 interpretation... 



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