SINGAPORE – A correction direction has been issued to activist Han Hui Hui over comments she made in a video posted on Facebook concerning the treatment she received over the welfare of her three children.
The POFMA Office – which administers the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) – was instructed by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) to issue the correction direction to Ms Han under Singapore’s fake news law, said MSF and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in a joint statement on March 17.
Under the order, the 33-year-old mother of three children – aged three, five and six – is required to put up a new post with a link to the Government’s clarification regarding the falsehoods carried in her since-deleted live stream.
The Straits Times understands that this is the first time a POFMA correction direction has been issued in relation to falsehoods about the Government’s handling of children under protective care.
The statement identified seven falsehoods in the videos which were posted on her social media accounts after her children were taken into protective care on Feb 15.
The falsehoods include the claim that MSF takes away children from families despite knowing that there is no abuse, so as to be able to show a high reconciliation rate, and that Ms Han did not sign any agreement with MSF regarding the placement of her children in protective care.
According to the statement, Ms Han had also falsely claimed that MSF is seeking to withhold the truth about the children’s physical condition by telling Ms Han not to film or photograph the children, and that MSF has threatened to deny Ms Han access to her children unless she deletes her social media posts that are not aligned with existing government policies.
The falsehoods also include the claim that MSF is seeking to permanently deprive Ms Han of access to her children, and that the police have not concluded investigations that commenced in August 2025.
According to the statement, the police had received multiple reports from Ms Han and her husband involving allegations of violence against each other, which raised concerns about the safety and welfare of their three children.
Both later consented to a safety plan for the care of the children, which was put in place by a child protection specialist centre in October 2025.
It included a direction to have the children’s paternal grandmother, who was designated as a safe adult, move into the home to oversee the care of the children under Ms Han.
Between January and February, the police received fresh reports lodged by Ms Han, her husband and the children’s paternal grandmother against one another.
On Feb 15, Ms Han called the police over an alleged altercation between the grandmother and the children.
