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本周日,李总理新闻秘书张俪霖,代表总理向本社总编许渊臣发函,指本社英语站在8月15日刊登的一篇评论,复述针对总理的不实指控,要求本社撤下并在三日内道歉。 对此,许渊臣在今日致函总理答复。在信中,许渊臣强调,自己始终都是问责、透明和法治的忠实信徒,并认为本地运营最久的老牌网络时政网站《网络公民》,身为总编,自己有必要说实话。 他认为有关评论文章不含诽谤性,而是根据可能对事件知情的总理家人此前发表的公开声明,也有鉴于涉及公共利益问题,为了能避免造成疑虑,只能重新复述总理弟妹曾说过的话。 张俪霖在信函中也指出,上述评论对李显龙作出的虚假指控,包括已故李光耀在2013年,得知欧思礼路38号故居未被列为古迹后,不再把李总理列为遗嘱执行人和受托人中。这些指控是李显龙妹妹李玮玲提及的。 张俪霖澄清,实则李光耀自2011年以后,都不再把总理列为执行人和受托人。李光耀曾向李总理解释,如政府有意收回故居,而弟妹对赔偿有意见,他不想让总理为难。 对此,许渊臣称,他也意识到有关内容让人对总理被移除遗嘱执行人的时间点上,可能产生误解,惟这并非他的本意,他针对此事致歉。 不过,许渊臣强调文章的用意,不是要让人引起对于这些指控在技术层面的误会,而是希望能反映更大的问题,即有关滥用权力的指控,以及已故李光耀和总理的关系情况。 “我诚挚地相信,新加坡人更关注这方面的议题,而不是您所提起的技术问题,因为也涉及已故李光耀先生的价值观。” 许渊臣表示,尽管他自己也担忧法律诉讼带来的代价很大,但愿意坦然面对,不仅是为了坚持自己的原则,也是维护自己对国家和新加坡同胞们的义务。 “我热爱这个国家和同胞们。我的道德义务,是协助消除掉在新加坡让言论噤声的恐惧氛围,希望能为新加坡的未来,建立一个更开放、充满活力和稳健的社会。” 故此,对于总理新闻秘书信函第八段提出的要求,即立即移除有关文章,并在本月4日(今天)前无条件作出道歉,以及承诺不在《网络公民》刊登类似的指控,许渊臣则婉拒了这些要求。 4 Sep 19 TOC Terry Xu to PMO PM Lee_signed 总理新闻秘书誌期9月1日的来函: 1 Sep 19_PMO Letter...
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