Clarification Regarding a Falsehood Published by State News Singapore on 28 Jun 2020

MINDEF refers to the 28 Jun 2020 Facebook post by State News Singapore, which alleged that an SAF servicewoman is being disciplined by the SAF for her social media post on a prospective candidate for the 2020 General Elections, and was forced to remove the post.

The assertions in the article are patently false. The servicewoman in question had in fact left the SAF more than a year ago. We note that the ex-servicewoman has also clarified her reasons for removing her original post.

The owner of State News Singapore, Alex Tan, has a history of propagating falsehoods. Several of his Facebook pages had been designated as Declared Online Locations (DOLs) by the Ministry of Communications and Information, for having carried three or more different online falsehoods within a period of six months. Members of the public are advised to exercise caution and do additional fact-checking when accessing such DOLs for information.