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The Singapore government has invoked a controversial online censorship law in warning MalaysiaNow of criminal charges if it fails to make a series of amendments to a recent article about the city-state's execution of a Malaysian citizen last month. In an email to MalaysiaNow, Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs listed what it called "corrections" to be included into an article by Sangkari Pranthaman (Read here: Family of Malaysian prisoner reveals shocking acts of threats, deception before execution in Singapore), the sister of Malaysian citizen Pannir Selvam Pranthaman who was executed on Oct 8, more than nine years after being sentenced to death in 2017 for a drug conviction that lawyers have described as questionable. In an elaborate and lengthy 18-page notice to MalaysiaNow, the ministry listed five instances of what it described as "false statements", stating it was invoking its anti-fake news law called Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act, or Pofma.     The notice specifies the exact passages it wants the portal to insert in the article, as well as in social media posts of the same article on X, Facebook, and LinkedIn. The notice is also accompanied by detailed instructions on where to position these passages, along with several "directives" that the posts be "pinned" at the top for a certain period, and that they be backlinked to a Singapore government website detailing "corrections regarding false statements" about the treatment meted out to the late Pannir. It added that the changes must be made by 5pm today. "Failure to comply with this direction without reasonable excuse is an offence under Section 15 of the Act," it said, referring to actions the government could take against the portal, which could include blocking access to users in Singapore. In a separate statement announcing the issuance of the notice, the Singapore home ministry said the government "takes a serious view of the deliberate communication of falsehoods". "MalaysiaNow will be required to carry correction notices alongside the article on its website, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn posts." In an immediate response, MalaysiaNow rejected the request.   "It is baffling, even amusing, to think that the Singapore government could have spent so many man-hours to produce these intricate instructions and expect the media in Malaysia to follow them. "We do not take instructions from our own government; what makes them think we would take instructions from them?" said MalaysiaNow editor Abdar Rahman Koya. Lawyers have criticised Pofma as a tool for the extraterritorial application of Singapore’s laws, which encroaches on Malaysia's sovereignty. Similar notices under Pofma have been issued to Singapore-based websites and bloggers, many of whom have complied, fearing prosecution from the PAP-led government, which maintains tight control over media outlets and social media content. Failure to comply may result in fines of up to S$20,000, imprisonment of up to 12 months, or both. Organisations, meanwhile, can incur fines up to S$500,000. In 2020, the Singapore government attempted to invoke Pofma on Lawyers for Liberty (LFL), urging the Malaysian rights group to insert a "correction notice" to a statement on its website. After refusing to comply, the Singapore government instructed internet service providers to block access to LFL's website. LFL later filed two suits to challenge the directive, seeking a declaration that LFL could not be subjected to any process within Malaysia to enforce Singaporean law, as well as a declaration that the correction direction could not be enforced against LFL in Malaysia. Last year, the Federal Court ruled that Singapore’s directive against LFL not only involved its domestic laws, but also potentially encroached upon constitutional rights guaranteed under Malaysian law. It said the issue of whether Pofma’s provisions can override Malaysia’s constitution should be resolved in the High Court.   https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2025/11/15/singapore-invokes-its-censorship-laws-on-malaysianow-tells-portal-to-insert-corrections