Singapore

May 2005 | Risk Summary

A*STAR, a Singapore government agency, has received criticism from international press freedom groups after threatening a libel suit against a student for what it claimed were 'untrue and serious accusations' on a personal website. The US-based graduate student has now shut down his blog and apologised unreservedly for his defamation of A*STAR's scholarship system and policies, ending the possible legal action. But the continued threat of defamation lawsuits in cyberspace, as in the traditional media, highlights the lack of freedom of expression in the city-state.

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