STR articles on its Facebook page remained available. "FB (Facebook) cannot be relied upon to filter falsehoods or protect Singapore from a false information campaign," it said in a statement. Tan said in a post on his Facebook page late on Friday that he had decided to suspend activities on the website because "it lost a channel to reach Singaporeans". He also said he would stop writing and his Facebook page would shut down in two weeks, but the move was not because of pressure from the Singapore government. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the article was "false and malicious, and impugned the integrity of MAS as a financial regulator."

Source: thestar November 10, 2018 05:09 UTC