SINGAPORE: The administrator of Wake Up Singapore ( WUSG) was charged on Wednesday ( Apr 24 ) over the publication of an online article about a purported miscarriage at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH).
Under the Penal Code, Ariffin Iskandar Sha Ali Akbar, 26, was charged with slander.  ,
His command plate says that he defamed KKH on March 23, 2022, with the content” The girl is probably dead – Women shares a terrible accounts of her pregnancy at KKH A&, E” on WUSG’s site, Instagram, and Facebook pages.
Ariffin is represented by attorney Gino Hardial Singh, who asked for time to make images. No appeal details were provided.  ,
On May 24, his situation may go back to judge.  ,
A previous Singapore Police Force media release claimed that a female person had a miscarriage after a four-hour wait for COVID-19 care and abdominal pains at KKH’s Accident &, Emergency Department on February 28, 2022 due to KKH’s mishandling of medical services.
The doctor lodged a policeman report , two weeks after it was published.  ,
Studies revealed that Ariffin was allegedly the superintendent of WUSG’s site, Facebook website, and Instagram page, and that the claims made in the article were false.  ,
In response to TODAY’s questions on Tuesday, Ariffin, now a legal professional, confirmed that he is the leader of WUSG.
If found guilty of slander, he can remain jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
Light UP SINGAPORE APOLOGISED ,
After the woman admitted lying, the other information source apologized for publishing her claims. On March 25, 2022, it published the sympathies on its social media channels.  ,
” We have since realised that her visit reports, her receipts, and her letter, may have all been doctored”, it said.  ,
In March 2022, it received a correction order under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act ( POFMA ).
The Ministry of Health at the time claimed that KKH had identified the person and discovered that a physician had seen the woman within an afternoon of her arrival at the hospital in February 2022. She did not suffer any pregnancy.
Shortly after MOH released its media release, WUSG removed the original articles and published the modification notices on Facebook and Instagram.