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[h=2]MP Irene Ng lodges police report against socio-political
site[/h]
June 29th, 2013 |
Author: Editorial
MP Irene Ng
Member of Parliament (MP) for Tampines GRC, Ms Irene Ng has lodged a police
report against popular socio-political website (TRS) for
falsely attributing an article to her titled “PAP MP IRENE NG: WE SHOULD NOT PLAY THE BLAME GAME OVER THE HAZE
PROBLEM” (reproduced at HWZ).
Ms Ng charged that TRS, a website that prides itself on its ability to remain
anonymous (at least in the past), “allows the publication of such
malicious forgeries in the name of an elected MP to deceive and mislead their
readers.”
In a statement to TRS, which TR Emeritus (TRE) managed to get a copy of, Ms
Ng said that she has “asked TRS to take down the article from its website
immediately, and to apologise for publishing the article, and for the damage
caused to me.”
Given the seriousness of the matter, Ms Ng added that she has made a police
report.
people in the Singaporean online community who believe in their ability and
responsibility to check each other and to uphold ethical standards online.
Meanwhile, TRS has issued a statement claiming that the article in
question was submitted via email by someone with the email address [email protected]
.
TRS said that it is “a community platform that allows users to post
articles and we do not necesarily agree with or have the ability to completely
censor all articles posted to our site by our users.“
The editorial team at TRS said that it is assisting the police in their
investigation and is looking forward to finding out the fake “Irene Ng” that
“published the article on our website and we hope the police will be doing a
efficient job in arresting the person.”
It is unclear how the anonymous editorial team at TRS is able to assist the
police in their investigation, but according to them, one of their editors is
currently back in Singapore for a holiday and had “an unhappy exchange with the cops at Changi
Airport“.
* TR Emeritus is not related to The
Real Singapore in any way.
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MP Irene Ng
Member of Parliament (MP) for Tampines GRC, Ms Irene Ng has lodged a police
report against popular socio-political website (TRS) for
falsely attributing an article to her titled “PAP MP IRENE NG: WE SHOULD NOT PLAY THE BLAME GAME OVER THE HAZE
PROBLEM” (reproduced at HWZ).
Ms Ng charged that TRS, a website that prides itself on its ability to remain
anonymous (at least in the past), “allows the publication of such
malicious forgeries in the name of an elected MP to deceive and mislead their
readers.”
In a statement to TRS, which TR Emeritus (TRE) managed to get a copy of, Ms
Ng said that she has “asked TRS to take down the article from its website
immediately, and to apologise for publishing the article, and for the damage
caused to me.”
Given the seriousness of the matter, Ms Ng added that she has made a police
report.
Cheating, fraud and impersonation– whether online or in real life – cannot be
condoned. Singaporeans deserve better and need to know when they are being duped
by a website with fictitious articles and forgeries. It is one thing for a
website or its writers to be critical of the Government; it is another to
impersonate an MP and deceive its readers.
I am all for freedom of speech and for people to have the right to express
their views. But this is not about freedom of speech – it is about forgery and
impersonation with a malicious intent to deceive. And some Singaporeans have
indeed been deceived, as can be seen by the posts following the article. Such
unethical and criminal activity must not be allowed to happen with impunity.
Otherwise, all MPs – and, indeed, anyone of us – can be the next victims of such
a crime and there will be no end of it. This will not be in Singapore’s
interest.
Such irresponsible and unethical websites need to be exposed. Hence, I have
decided to take this stand. I take no pleasure from this.
Ms Ng said that she is looking forward to the support of all reasonable condoned. Singaporeans deserve better and need to know when they are being duped
by a website with fictitious articles and forgeries. It is one thing for a
website or its writers to be critical of the Government; it is another to
impersonate an MP and deceive its readers.
I am all for freedom of speech and for people to have the right to express
their views. But this is not about freedom of speech – it is about forgery and
impersonation with a malicious intent to deceive. And some Singaporeans have
indeed been deceived, as can be seen by the posts following the article. Such
unethical and criminal activity must not be allowed to happen with impunity.
Otherwise, all MPs – and, indeed, anyone of us – can be the next victims of such
a crime and there will be no end of it. This will not be in Singapore’s
interest.
Such irresponsible and unethical websites need to be exposed. Hence, I have
decided to take this stand. I take no pleasure from this.
people in the Singaporean online community who believe in their ability and
responsibility to check each other and to uphold ethical standards online.
Meanwhile, TRS has issued a statement claiming that the article in
question was submitted via email by someone with the email address [email protected]
.
TRS said that it is “a community platform that allows users to post
articles and we do not necesarily agree with or have the ability to completely
censor all articles posted to our site by our users.“
The editorial team at TRS said that it is assisting the police in their
investigation and is looking forward to finding out the fake “Irene Ng” that
“published the article on our website and we hope the police will be doing a
efficient job in arresting the person.”
It is unclear how the anonymous editorial team at TRS is able to assist the
police in their investigation, but according to them, one of their editors is
currently back in Singapore for a holiday and had “an unhappy exchange with the cops at Changi
Airport“.
* TR Emeritus is not related to The
Real Singapore in any way.
