Published SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
- Two non-governmental organisations here will be deemed “politically significant persons” once a draft law on foreign influence is passed
- One of them, Maruah, questioned whether it would be prohibited from meeting with counterparts from other Southeast Asian nations
- The other, Think Centre, said the Bill paints Singaporeans as “people who cannot think for themselves”
- The Government has said the law will strengthen its ability to detect and counter foreign interference in domestic politics