SINGAPORE: A High Court judge on Wednesday (Sep 6) dismissed appeals by online publication Jom against two correction directions that it received in July under Singapore’s
Jom had published what it calls a “weekly digest” in relation to the rental of black-and-white bungalows alongSubsequently, Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong and Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo called for correction directions to be issued to Jom under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act .
One such statement was that the Singapore Land Authority spent more than S$1 million on renovating the Ridout Road bungalows because the ministers - Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan - were to be the tenants. These parts were respectively titled"No corruption by the Rajahs of Ridout, but many questions unanswered” and “Did Instagram accede to a censorship request by the Rajah?”.
The judge, looking at the article as a whole, ruled that an objective, reasonable reader would conclude Mr Teo had no other answer beyond a cryptic quote. Justice Thean said an objective and reasonable segment of the audience would read the article as a whole, rather than just the “bare facts” – that is, the amount of money spent on the renovation, how big the bungalows were, and the rental rate for 26 Ridout Road.
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