(02-06-2023, 05:53 PM)sgbuffett Wrote:  Other issues MHA had cited in the Asia Sentinel story involved suspended lawyer M. Ravi, and Mr Lee Hsien Yang and his wife, Mrs Lee Suet Fern, who are under police investigation for possible offences of giving false evidence in judicial proceedings.

Asia Sentinel then published an editor’s note on its article saying it had received MHA’s correction direction on May 27, but stood by its story.

It also posted a correction notice detailing the false statements, and a link to the government fact-checking website, Factually, with access to the correct facts.

On the same day, the website posted a separate article titled Singapore Government Demand For Correction, which contained the correction notice and a link to Factually.

Asia Sentinel then published an article on Monday, titled Asia Sentinel Answer To Singapore Government Demand For Correction, where it defended its assertions from the original story.

It carried MHA’s correction notices, but they were not placed at the top of the article and at the top of the website’s main page, as required.

Said MCI: “The correction direction issued to Asia Sentinel had required the facts to be juxtaposed against the falsehoods, so that end users in Singapore can read both versions and draw their own conclusions.”

The access blocking orders will be cancelled should Asia Sentinel com