I was a little puzzled by the Media Development Authority’s order to The Real Singapore to shut down. Not that I would miss TRS. I am puzzled at the way the law and media regulations look like a badly sewn…
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Forget the irony of the Media Development Authority asking The Real Singapore to cease and desist on World Press Freedom Day itself – and to be honest, someone at MDA must really have a hugely twisted sense of humour. What…
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Yang Kaiheng, one of the editors of socio-political blog The Real Singapore (TRS), had an application to Singapore for Australia on Monday (May 4) approved, subject to conditions. The conditions include an additional bail sum of S$40,000 and the submission of…
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As of Sunday (May 3 2015), The Real Singapore (TRS) has been taken down. The Media Development Authority (MDA) has suspended the editors’ license to operate the site, with instructions not to post new articles on the site and to take…
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The duo allegedly behind The Real Singapore (TRS) were back at the Criminal Investigation Department yesterday. The two weeks’ bail for Miss Ai Takagi, a Japanese-Australian, and Mr Robin Yang Kaiheng had expired. But if the pair were hoping to…
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