SINGAPORE — A British man who directed a documentary about the now-defunct The Online Citizen website was fined S$6,500 on Tuesday (May 17) for doing freelance news production work in Singapore without a valid work pass.
Stuart Calum Arthur Alistair, 36, pleaded guilty to one charge under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. In 2016, he was working for news agency Thomson Reuters Asia, now known as Refinitiv Asia, while on a long-term social visit pass.
Another count under the Act was taken into consideration for working with a media professional to have his articles posted on Yahoo News Singapore for a fee.
For engaging Stuart’s services, Refinitiv Asia, a financial markets data provider, was fined S$5,500 on Tuesday.
Muhammad Firdianshah Salimat, a 30-year-old former founding partner of online publishing firm Popspoken, was fined S$4,000.
Stuart is the husband of activist and freelance journalist Kirsten Han.
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