Censorship in Singapore

Examples of famous censorships


September 21, 2008
NTU censors campus news on Chee Soon Juan visit

The Online Citizen said:
After much negotiation between the paper’s teacher-advisors and the university, NTU president Su Guaning gave the article the go-ahead. However, he changed his mind at the last minute, and the article was removed just one day before the newspaper’s publication on Monday (15th September). Many of the student editors at the Chronicle were clearly indignant when they learnt about this.
Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Censors strike again."
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April 14, 2007
Europe MPs 'gagged' by Singapore

BBC said:
"I fear that, in this sense at least, it puts Singapore in a league with North Korea, Myanmar and the People's Republic of China," MEP Graham Watson was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
"What has happened today proves that Singapore is an authoritarian state," said Ignasi Guardans, a Spanish MEP.

April 11, 2007
MICA bans film on former political detainee

Martyn See said:
the Minister himself has banned the film under Section 35(1) of the Films Act, which basically accords absolute discretionary powers to one person to decide if a film is suitable for public viewing.


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