Singapore has moved to block access to MalaysiaNow after the news portal failed to comply with a Correction Direction (CD) issued under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 (Pofma).

In a joint statement today, the republic’s Digital Development and Information Ministry and Home Affairs Ministry said the CD – issued on Nov 15 – flagged alleged “falsehoods” in a Nov 9 article by MalaysiaNow concerning the treatment of the late Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, a Malaysian executed under Singapore’s death penalty.