A popular critical Singapore news website on Friday defied the authorities’ plan to register it as a political site, which would impose restrictions on its sources of funding.

-M&C News: “Singapore news website defies government registration request”

Political blog The Online Citizen (TOC) is willing to operate as a political association, it said in a statement on its website on Friday.

– TODAY: “Blog willing to operate as political association”

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