Thursday, January 13, 2011

Singapore moves to curb popular news website, the online citizen...

Singapore plans to impose restrictions on a liberal, popular news website ahead of general elections Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong may call this year.

The Prime Minister's Office plans to designate "The Online Citizen" (www.onlinecitizen.com) as a "political association," which means the website is banned from accepting donations from abroad.

The office said the website was not barred from supporting any political party or candidate in local elections. More...

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