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2nd Pofma order issued to Jeyaretnam over posts on Ridout Road rentals
The Straits Times|August 03, 2023
Reform Party leader Kenneth Jeyaretnam has been issued a correction notice under the law against fake news over his social media posts about the rental of Ridout Road bungalows by two ministers.
- Aqil Hamzah
2nd Pofma order issued to Jeyaretnam over posts on Ridout Road rentals

His recent posts, which were made on Facebook and LinkedIn on July 27, suggested that Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan had rented the black-and-white bungalows at 26 and 31 Ridout Road at below market rate.

The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) said on Wednesday night that Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong had issued the instruction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) to Mr Jeyaretnam, who is required to put up correction notices on both posts.

The notices must state that the posts contain a "false statement of fact" and provide a link to the Government's Factually article, which "lays out the facts and clarifications of the matter".

This is the second Pofma correction order that Mr Jeyaretnam has been issued in recent weeks.

This story is from the August 03, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.

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