Singaporean Home Minister K. Shanmugam is the sole defendant named in a suit filed by Lawyers for Liberty in Kuala Lumpur today. – AFP pic, January 24, 2020.
LAWYERS for Liberty has filed a suit against the Singaporean home minister for issuing it with a correction order with regard to a statement by the human rights group on “unlawful” execution methods in the republic. The group is seeking a court order that K. Shanmugam cannot take action against Malaysian organisations by using Singapore’s Protection From Online Falsehood and Manipulation Act 2019 .
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