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It was meant to damn Thum Ping Tjin and exonerate Lee Kuan Yew. But it achieved neither – as far as the court of public opinion is concerned. Instead the now infamous six-hour grilling of Thum by Minister K Shanmugam has raised more questions than answers. To begin with, where does Shanmugam and the PAP draw the line? Thum... 

The roughing up of someone who dares to publicly talk about a Coldstore narrative that is different from that of one Harry Lee has cyberspace talking cock and upset*. Amidst the noise and fury, one important issue in both what constitutes “fake news”, generally,and, in particular, in the ongoing dialogue of the deaf about... 

On Saturday (30 Mar), Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu posted an Instagram photo of herself watching a football match between Albirex Niigata and Tampines Rovers. The caption read “Opportunities for many young players” before including the hashtags #Singaporepremiumleague. After the mistake was pointed...