Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the ruling People’s Action Party arrives at a nomination centre ahead of the general election. Photo: Reuters Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the ruling People’s Action Party arrives at a nomination centre ahead of the general election. Photo: Reuters
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the ruling People’s Action Party arrives at a nomination centre ahead of the general election. Photo: Reuters
This Week in Asia /  Politics

Has Singapore’s fake news law passed the election test?

  • Final days of campaigning offered one of the biggest tests yet for the nine-month-old law
  • But opposition politicians differ on whether it made them pull any punches

Topic |   Singapore election 2020
Bhavan Jaipragas
Bhavan Jaipragas

Updated: 9:36am, 8 Jul, 2020

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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the ruling People’s Action Party arrives at a nomination centre ahead of the general election. Photo: Reuters Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the ruling People’s Action Party arrives at a nomination centre ahead of the general election. Photo: Reuters
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the ruling People’s Action Party arrives at a nomination centre ahead of the general election. Photo: Reuters
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