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Would Anyone Care About Offensive Comments On EDMW?
Recently, Minister Shanmugam said that action will be taken against a man who made insulting posts about Indians and Covid-19 on Twitter under the handle Sharon Liew @sharonliew86 some weeks ago. I run a Twitter account where I upload screenshots of racists / anti-religious posts made by various Hardwarezone members, a forum owned by Singapore Press Holdings. Will anyone care about these offensive tweets?
Read More »Lawyers For Liberty Fighting Back Against POFMA Issued To Them
During the press conference by LFL, their advisor N Surendran spoke about LFL's legal suit against Mr K Shanmugam for issuing the correction direction. The suit also seeks a declaration that the Minister cannot take any action on LFL in Malaysia under POFMA.
Read More »WHAT’S THE POINT OF HAVING DEBATES IF MINISTER’S SPEECHES ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY?
A netizen disagreed with Min Shanmugam for saying that every minister's speech be taken as statutory legislation. He argued that if this is true, it defeats the purpose of The Hansard (an official record of speeches) and having Parliamentary sittings in the first place. What do you think?
Read More »WILL THE GOVT LET THE PEOPLE READ AGC ADVICE FOR THEMSELVES?
I refer to the article “Parliament: Shanmugam, Sylvia Lim debate reason for Govt’s decision on counting of presidential terms” (Straits Times, Oct 4).
Read More »DON’T BE MISLED, DECISION TO START COUNTING FROM WEE KIM WEE WAS NOT BASED ON AGC’S ADVICE
Workers' Party's Sylvia Lim, who finally got to speak on the EP, argued that the Government misled people into thinking that the decision to start counting from Wee Kim Wee was a result of the AGC's advice, when it was not.
Read More »LAW MINISTER: GOVT IS NEUTRAL, ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST BOTH PRO & ANTI PINK DOT HARASSERS
There have been several questions about Pink Dot – what is the Government’s position on Pink Dot, why are there rules requiring the organisers to put up barricades and take other security measures, and some other related points.
Read More »ACTIVIST M RAVI THREATENS TO FILE APPLICATION TO ASK MINISTER K SHANMUGAM TO RESIGN
Activist M Ravi has posted on Facebook stating that he will be taking out an application in the High Court against Minister of Home Affairs and Law, K Shanmugam, for alleged breach in his code of conduct as a law minister. He is demanding Mr Shanmugam resign from his ministerial post within 48 hours, failing which he would file his application in court.
Read More »LEE WEI LING ACCUSES LAW MINISTER SHANMUGAM OF GOING AGAINST LKY’S TRUE WISHES
Dr Lee Wei Ling, the younger sister of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, posted on Facebook yesterday to express her sadness over the alleged changes in her former friend, the Minister for Home Affairs and Law, K Shanmugam, after he declined to take her side in the Lee Family feud.
Read More »MINISTERS TEO CHEE HEAN & SHANMUGAM JOIN THE LEE FAMILY FEUD
After yet another weekend of back and forth exchanges between the Lee family siblings, ministers from the People's Action Party's Cabinet have joined in the fray.
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