POFMA time, a.k.a. Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act time.

Mothership
Date: October 26, 2019
By: Zhangxin Zheng |Belmont Lay

Foreign media are having a field day reporting on the Orchard Towers murder case that is before the Singapore court now and casting aspersions on the country’s legal process.

The focus of their reporting?

They are collectively saying that Natalie Siow Yu Zhen, 23, the only woman linked to the high-profile case, escaped the death penalty because of her looks.

Let off because of looks

Shin Min Daily News highlighted this narrative on Oct. 26, after several Chinese media reports from overseas have claimed that Siow had been cleared of a murder charge punishable by death because of her appearance.

Shin Min’s front page headline said Siow’s lawyer rubbished such claims.    [FULL  STORY]