SDP will be required to carry correction notices with its Facebook and Instagram posts and create a new TikTok post with the correction notice.SINGAPORE - The Singapore Democratic Party has been asked to put up a correction notice under the law against fake news, over its statement claiming that three women were prosecuted for organising support for the Palestinian people in the ongoing Gaza war.
In its statement, the SDP said the three women - Mossammad Sobikun Nahar, 25, Siti Amirah Mohamed Asrori, 29, and Annamalai Kokila Parvathi, 35 - were prosecuted for organising support for the Palestinian people and in doing so, expressed views the Government did not agree with. The ministry added that SDP also falsely claimed that Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam had made the decision to charge the three women when it was the Attorney-General's Chambers that did so after reviewing the police's investigative findings.The SDP will be required to carry correction notices with its Facebook and Instagram posts and create a new TikTok post with the correction notice.
Annamalai was charged with one count of abetment of organising a public procession in a prohibited area, while Mossammad and Amirah were each charged with one count of organising a public procession in a prohibited area. "We only need to look overseas at countries which allow public protests and demonstrations to understand the disruption to daily lives, not to mention damage to properties and hurt to bystanders and participants that can result."