Foreign Influence Ops are a Reality, but Singaporeans Shouldn’t Overreact
CENS / Op-Eds
25 JULY 2019
Op-Eds
Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, “Foreign Influence Ops are a Reality, but Singaporeans Shouldn’t Overreact”, The Straits Times, 25 July 2019
The threat of foreign influence infiltrating Singapore came into the limelight following the publication of the report "A Preliminary Survey of CCP Influence Operations in Singapore" by the Jamestown Foundation, which is a Washington-based research institute. The report finds that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) exploits cultural and business associations, media, and all people of Chinese ethnicity in Singapore as proxies to influence Singapore's society and politics.
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