over its assertion that Singapore's population would rise to almost 10 million by 2030.
The statement follows a ruling by High Court judge Woo Bih Li on Tuesday to dismiss the party's appeal to cancel the Government's Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act direction.During the GE debate, Dr Chee had probed PAP's representative, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, on whether the Government had plans to increase Singapore’s population to 10 million, claiming that this was something mentioned by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
The day after the debate, SDP published a press release on its Facebook page where it alleged that Dr Cheong Koon Hean, then chief executive officer of the Housing and Development Board , had said in a 2018 lecture that Singapore’s population density would increase from 11,000 people per square kilometres to 13,700 people per sq km between now and 2030.
After this, the party appealed to the High Court on various grounds, including one where it said that its statement was one of opinion, which was not covered under Pofma. SDP also argued that it was not a false statement of fact.Justice Woo in his ruling said that SDP “deliberately included” an assertion that Singapore's population would rise to almost 10 million by 2030 in its press release on Facebook the day after the debate, despite knowing that it was false.
"The corollary to Mr Yeo’s statement is as such — if we had planned for more people and attained that number, Singapore would have successfully anticipated a bigger population," said SDP.
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