Singapore is an island nation with a tiny population (~7M) and has loads of national security concerns including destabilizing forces spreading misinformation.

So, no, suing for libel in a personal capacity does NOT equate to exercising state power as you assert. Unless you claim the entire Judiciary and state apparatus which has a long track record of issuing rulings both for and against public personalities is somehow flawed.

This is HN, i wouldn't have expected a comment such as this to go unchecked this long.