The media company said in a statement that it will cooperate fully with the police. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - SPH Media Group has filed a police report after potential offences were flagged in an investigation into the overstating of circulation numbers.
When asked about the specific offences that were laid out in the report but redacted, Mr Loh said it was not for the committee to determine the offences. The police has access to the full, unredacted report, he said. When asked how many people were interviewed for Wednesday’s report, Mr Loh did not give an exact number but confirmed that it included more than 10 people from SMT and SPH and that it was “quite thorough and comprehensive”.
The law firm, which reported its findings to the audit and risk committee on June 16, found that SMT had overstated its daily circulation numbers by 82,600; using data from August 2021.This comprised 49,000 bulk copies via the Newspapers in Education fund that were reported but not distributed; 5,000 from a Y Deal; 15,000 from an X Barter deal; 1,900 school copies, 2,300 airline copies, 9,000 agency copies and 400 from those who had subscribed to all-in-one packages.
This includes building a culture where people feel they can speak openly about risks and challenge others, including those in higher positions; who should then positively address any concerns. SMT chief executive Teo Lay Lim said during the briefing on Wednesday that she was as worried as any employee about people who think SMT is untrustworthy following this incident.
“There has been no evidence sighted to suggest that the Board or its senior management were involved in this,” it said. The legal advisers who assisted SPH Media’s audit and risk committee with investigating the firm’s overstated circulation numbers cited two examples in Hong Kong and the United States where employees of news outlets were taken to task for having inflated circulation figures.
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