The group was ordered to put up corrections under the fake news law on May 19. Read more at straitstimes.com.
under the fake news law has been turned down.
The advocacy group had made false statements about the capital sentence meted out to convicted drug trafficker Tangaraju Suppiah in a Facebook post on April 23. Several activists and a website, including freelance journalist Kirsten Han and The Online Citizen Asia, were also asked to put up corrections over articles and social media posts by them containing false statements about the execution of Tangaraju Suppiah.
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