High Court will decide if Temasek CEO Ho Ching's salary is public interest in POFMA case: Indranee

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SINGAPORE: The High Court will decide if Temasek Holdings' chief executive Ho Ching's salary is in the public interest after The Online Citizen ...

SINGAPORE: The High Court will decide if Temasek Holdings' chief executive Ho Ching's salary is in the public interest after The Online Citizen filed for a judicial review, Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah told Parliament on Tuesday .on Apr 19 under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act in relation to statements about Mdm Ho's salary.

A HardwareZone user, The Temasek Review's Facebook page, TOC's Facebook page and website, and Mr Lim Tean were issued correction directions under POFMA on Apr 19 after they published or shared claims that Mdm Ho's salary was"about S$100 million"."Several online posts carried a false statement regarding the remuneration of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd's Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Ms Ho Ching,” the POFMA office had said.

TOC said in a Facebook post on Apr 19 that it would apply to the High Court to contest the correction direction.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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She’s not a public servant.

Quite obvious, no?

Who wants to bet that the decision is that none of the public business?

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