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Singapore is an island nation with a tiny population (~7M) and has loads of national security concerns including destabilizing forces spreading misinformation.
by DisjointedHunt 5y ago
Singapore is an island nation with a tiny population (~7M) and has loads of national security concerns including destabilizing forces spreading misinformation.
So, no, suing for libel in a personal capacity does NOT equate to exercising state power as you assert. Unless you claim the entire Judiciary and state apparatus which has a long track record of issuing rulings both for and against public personalities is somehow flawed.
This is HN, i wouldn't have expected a comment such as this to go unchecked this long.
- throwaway2037 5y agoCorrection: Singapore has a population of 5.7 million. Were you thinking of the 7.5 million that live in Hongkong? Also, I don't understand this part: <<has loads of national security concerns including destabilizing forces spreading misinformation.>> I think the ruling parties (including opposition!) of every sovereign state on planet Earth could/would/does make the exact same claim. Claims like that feel like "The War on Terror" which makes no sense on so many levels. See also: Countries that are permanently in a "revolution". Example: Iran's Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR; Persian: شورای عالی انقلاب فرهنگی)
- DisjointedHunt 5y agoYou don’t understand or you don’t agree? The sentence and the security environment in the region are well documented and covered in the security posture reviews routinely covered by official press. What specifically is your argument?