Also criticizing the government is a crime and saying the wrong thing on facebook can land you in prison.
Also criticizing the government is a crime and saying the wrong thing on facebook can land you in prison.
There is some bias in state media coverage, but that is fast becoming irrelevant when the main source of news for people nowadays is social media. Criticizing the government is not a crime, and people regularly do it - one only has to go to the Facebook comments section of the state newspaper to take a look. Making a factually false statement and then gaining significant fame could get a lawsuit filed against you - so tread lightly when making big claims that you have no proof for.
Specifically the opposition candidates get limited time three weeks out from an election. Saying that people are getting more news from the internet is not 'the truth being somewhere in the middle'. Temasek Holdings controls the news paper (which also has a web site) the single local TV channel, the telecoms and the banks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temasek_Holdings
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161228/22505536362/youtu...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/opinion/fake-news-law-sin...
https://thediplomat.com/2015/02/soft-repression-the-struggle...
For more info: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/dispute-pm-lee-hsien-loong-not-mer...
No privacy either: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-singapore-crime-li/singapo...
Not for public transportation, but yes, it's not a secret that opposition-held constituencies get substantially less public funding: https://www.ourclassnotes.com/post/cipc-funds-which-town-cou...
Would you mind linking the specific law(s) you talk about here?
Didn't he die the better part of a decade ago?
LKY lived in a rather small house.
The current president tried to continue living in her HDB (public housing) after taking office but gave up on advice of security and complaints from neighbours about said security.