Singapore Prime Minister's Office reaffirms decision to reclassify critical website

Monsters and Critics, 18 Jan 2011
Singapore - Singapore on Tuesday reaffirmed its decision to reclassify a critical internet blog as a political group, a move seen as an attempt to curb the website ahead of general elections in the tightly-controlled city-state.
The editors of The Online Citizen (TOC) last week urged Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to reverse his position, arguing it 'was borne of political paranoia.'
But in an e-mail letter sent to TOC's editors Tuesday and published on the Asiaone news website, the Prime Minister's Office reaffirmed the move, noting that 'TOC is not a passive website that simply hosts social or political commentary.' Full story