It seems rather alarming to me. A member of the opposition got done for blaming the ruling party for the performance of a government-owned investment fund which

It seems rather alarming to me. A member of the opposition got done for blaming the ruling party for the performance of a government-owned investment fund which is run by the wife of the current Prime Minister[1], and where (according to Wikipedia) the President has the ability to directly hire and fire the board members. It basically bans anyone from ever contradicting the official government position, no matter how questionable it is. Normally, a party which does this would have to worry about the other party getting back into power and doing the same to them, but since Singapore is a de-facto one party state that's not a concern here. Incidentally, the reason I can't link to a more mainstream article about the ownership of Temasek Holdings is probably that the more mainstream outlets seem to have been strongarmed into pulling them down.[2] [1] https://www.asiasentinel.com/society/singapores-lee-family-and-nepotism/ https://www.asiasentinel.com/society/singapores-lee-family-a... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/media/25times.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/media/25times.ht...