World Press Freedom Decreasing

Singapore Law and Home Minister

Article in Committee to Protect Journalists by Staff, 1/10/25

Headline:  “Singapore ministers threaten legal action against media outlets, government demands ‘corrections’ “

“Singapore Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng and Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam should withdraw threats of legal action against media outlets over their public interest reporting, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.”

” ‘The threats of legal action by Singapore ministers against media outlets, as well as the government’s recent order to “correct” reporting, severely undermine press freedom in the country,’ said CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna. ”

https://cpj.org/2025/01/singapore-ministers-threaten-legal-action-against-media-outlets-government-demands-corrections/