SINGAPORE:  , Social media posts linked to exiled Chinese business Guo Wengui , carrying harmful stories on Singapore’s leadership change stopped after May 10, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling.
Singapore announced last month that it would stop 95 Guo-related social media accounts because it believes they could launch angry information campaigns in this country.
The Foreign Interference ( Countermeasures ) Act ( FICA ) has issued account restriction orders for the first time since the law was passed in October 2021.
Ms. Sun continued that there was “low approach” in the local knowledge area despite the fact that investigations have not found any proof that Singaporeans or residents of Singapore are to blame for the 95 balances.  ,
She was responding to Mr. Ang Wei Neng’s ( PAP- East Coast )’s issue in parliament regarding the impact of such articles on the transition of Singapore’s leadership, as well as what the episode taught.
The Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA ) issued the instructions after discovering a network of accounts that were known to spread disinformation across various platforms.
Between Apr 17 and May 10 this month, 92 records across the five websites published over 120 articles containing videos on Singapore’s management change.
On May 15 of this year, Lee Hsien Loong took over as prime minister.
The transactions are linked to Guo and his associated companies, the New Federal State of China and the Himalaya Supervisory Organisation, MHA studies found.
A right-wing democratic and lobbying group led by Steve Bannon and former Donald Trump assistant Guo was founded as The New Federal State of China.
Another three addresses belong to a Singapore book of the Himalaya Supervisory Organisation, known as Himalaya Singapore.
These accounts had published articles that alleged Singapore is “in the pouch of a international actor”, who was “behind the images in the selection of Singapore’s fourth-generation head”, MHA had said in July.
As for, five social media platforms — X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok — have been directed to prevent a full of 95 online transactions from being available to Singapore customers.