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The Online Citizen is a blogging platform based in Taiwan. Founded in December 2006 by Andrew Loh and Remy Choo Zheng Xi in Singapore , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it is known for its political activism. [ 3 ] It describes itself as a group of advocacy journalists who report on topics not generally covered by the mainstream media.
He was also previously a deputy editor at The Online Citizen. [5] [6] Giam is the chief technology officer of an information technology solutions company which he co-founded. He is a Registered Management Consultant certified by the Institute of Management Consultants (Singapore). [3]
An Act to prevent the electronic communication in Singapore of false statements of fact, to suppress support for and counteract the effects of such communication, to safeguard against the use of online accounts for such communication and for information manipulation, to enable measures to be taken to enhance transparency of online political advertisements, and for related matters.
The Singapore High Commission in Malaysia also released a statement to the Malaysian government and people that "categorically stated that (the) article is fake news and clearly libellous." [17] [18] Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore filed a police report against Tan for "impugning its integrity". [19]
In an interview with The Online Citizen, Lim denied the bankruptcy applications by DBS and Sing Wing, and said it was a smearing technique to damage his image by the mainstream media. [39] Lim stated that he was not contacted by The Straits Times and that he was "not going to be bankrupted" and the sum owed was "total rubbish". [39]
The Wee Shu Min elitism controversy occurred in October 2006 in Singapore.Wee Shu Min, daughter of parliament member Wee Siew Kim and a then eighteen-year-old student on Raffles Junior College's Humanities scholarship programme, found herself in controversy [1] after posting on her blog what were viewed by some Singaporeans to be elitist, [2] naïve, and insensitive statements against ...
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Following Fay's sentence, the case received coverage by the American, Singaporean and international media. [10]Some US news outlets launched scathing attacks on Singapore's judicial system for what they considered an "archaic punishment", while others turned the issue into one of Singapore asserting "Asian values" towards "western decadence". [11]