While Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong defends his country's proposed law to fight 'online falsehoods,' Malaysia's Mahathir says his government will repeal a law against fake news as promised
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, right, speaks next to Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
Lee said many countries including France, Germany and Australia have legislation to combat fake news. "They criticised many things about Singapore's media management but what we have done have worked for Singapore. And it is our objective to continue to do things that will work for Singapore. And I think will be a significant step forward in this regard," he added.
"We do not want any government, whether this or succeeding governments, to make use of this law in order to tell and create fake news in order to sustain themselves. Of course it will be difficult to handle, but we believe we can accept the challenges and we can handle that." Since Mahathir — who was premier for 22 years until he stepped down in 2003 — returned to power, he has postponed a high-speed rail link that would cut travel time between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to 90 minutes.
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