The Singapore Democratic Party ( SDP ) has rejected a request from the minister for home affairs and law K Shanmugam to modify a correction order that was issued against it for its statements regarding three women who are accused of organizing a procession without a permit along the Istana.  ,
The Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA ) stated in a media release on Friday ( Apr 11 ) that the Minister for Home Affairs and for Law has determined that there is no , merit to the application and has rejected it.
The people allegedly organized the march on February 2, 2024 in support of the Arab cause. They were detained on June 27, 2013, for people get offenses.
Two days later, on June 29, the SDP received a correction order under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act ( POFMA ) for fabricating two falsehoods in its social media posts: that the three women were accused of organizing support for the Palestinian people, and that the government and a minister prosecuted the three women because they had voiced opinions that the government did not support.
The group complied with the adjustment buy on Jun 29 according to MHA on Friday.
The SDP submitted the app on April 7, 2025, more than nine months later. This was “raising problems ahead of the General Election,” it added in an associated speech.  ,
The ministry asserted that the party’s assertions were false and that the women had been charged under Section 15 ( 1 ) of the Public Order Act 2009 for organizing a procession in the Istana area.  ,
The Istana is a “prohibited area” as defined by Section 12 of the Public Order ( Prohibited Areas ) Order and Section 12 of the Public Order Act. In for areas, concessions are prohibited, it said.
The SDP claimed to have applied to Mr. Shanmugam to change the POFMA get in a statement posted on its Facebook page on Tuesday.
The SDP stated,” First and foremost, we point out that we did not make the affirmation that was set out as the first content speech of the revision way.”
Next, we point out that the citizens of Singapore have the right to peacefully express their opinions in front of the general public, regardless of whether or not they concur.
It further stated that if the purchase is not changed, it may “take the circumstance to the High Court.”  ,
The SDP had requested the first statement on the three women facing charges of organizing aid for a cause that was set apart in the correctional direction on the  on the grounds that their articles did not contain the statement, according to MHA on Friday.
The SDP does not file an appeal against the next statement in the program, which implies that the SDP, SDP, acknowledges that the statement was false, according to MHA.  ,
The leader’s decision had been made known to the SDP, it added.