SINGAPORE — Internet access service providers in Singapore have been ordered to block the online publication Asia Sentinel after its non-compliance with a correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma), the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) sa
The California-registered publication was required to carry a correction notice alongside its May 24 article, which the Ministry of Home Affairs said contained several falsehoods.
"While Asia Sentinel carried the correction notices, this was not done in compliance with the requirements of the correction direction for the respective correction notices to be situated at the top of the article and at the top of the main page of the website,” MCI added. MHA reiterated earlier on Friday that Asia Sentinel did not have to take down its May 24 article and the online publication was only required to post the correction notice in the manner that has been stipulated.
The ministry added that the government may have to take"further action" if Asia Sentinel does not comply with the correction direction. The article was written by editor John Berthelsen, and interviewed Andy Wong Min Jun, the author of a 2021 commentary in Nikkei Asia that criticised Singapore's handling of KTV lounges amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Nikkei Asia published the Ministry of Home Affairs’ response as a letter to the editor on July 29, 2021. At no point did the Singapore government threaten to end Nikkei’s operations in Singapore," MHA said on May 26.
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