The Straits Times
Thursday, Mar 2, 2017
Alternative news website All Singapore Stuff apologised
on Thursday (March 2) morning for posting an online
article which police said contained false claims.
The writer of the article said she was a 16-year-old
student who became depressed when a boy she was "duped" into having
sex with two years ago turned out to be a schoolmate and has
started taunting her.
She said that she has made a police report about the
bullying, but the police did not take action and advised her to
drop the case. She gave the number of the police report in the
article.
A police statement said that the article and
allegations against the police are false. It said that it takes a
serious view of allegations against police officers and will take
action against persons who make false allegations against the
police.
The Straits Times understands that while a police
report bearing the same number as the one mentioned in the article
exists, the nature of the report is different from what the online
article has alleged.
All Singapore Stuff has removed the article, which was
published on Wednesday, and has put up the police statement in full
on its Facebook page and website.
The website said that it "would like to apologise to
SPF (the Singapore Police Force) for any unfounded allegations made
against them as it was unintentional".
It said that it had published the article to help the
contributor get assistance from the authorities to resolve the
bullying she faced in school.
All Singapore Stuff also said that the article had been
submitted anonymously, "presumably to protect the whistleblower's
identity", and it does not have any details of the contributor.
The site urged its contributors to send genuine
grievances and provide evidence to back up their claims.