Lawrence Wong

Jolovan Wham and other activists were prosecuted under the Public Order Act for peaceful vigils and gatherings relating to capital punishment.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

Person targeted by the proceedings

des militants anti-peine de mort

Role of the person profiled

Protagonist not prosecuted

Jay Ish'haq Rajoo became the first person criminally prosecuted under POFMA, facing three counts of communicating allegedly false information, alongside other criminal charges.

Attribution

Political responsibility

Person targeted by the proceedings

un critique du gouvernement

Role of the person profiled

Protagonist not prosecuted

Authorities prosecuted activists over vigils for death row prisoners and solidarity actions relating to Gaza, including Jolovan Wham and Annamalai Kokila Parvathi.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

Person targeted by the proceedings

des défenseurs des droits

Role of the person profiled

Protagonist not prosecuted

Following Pritam Singh's final conviction for giving false testimony before a parliamentary committee and a parliamentary vote, Wong removed his title of Leader of the Opposition.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

Seven activists and human rights defenders faced a new wave of charges relating to gatherings, vigils and actions concerning Gaza and the death penalty, some organised months or years earlier.

Attribution

Political responsibility

Person targeted by the proceedings

sept militants

Role of the person profiled

Protagonist not prosecuted

The government approved a new formula increasing Wong's annual remuneration from S$2.2 million to S$3.6 million, keeping Singapore at the top of global political leader remuneration rankings.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

After Wong took office, Singapore retained the death penalty and continued executions for drug-related offences despite international criticism.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

Wong's government continued using POFMA to require corrections, restrict websites and target critics, including over housing and the death penalty.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

According to Human Rights Watch, Singapore executed 15 people for drug-related offences in 2025, seven more than in the previous year.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

As Finance Minister, Wong announced a two-stage increase in the Goods and Services Tax: 8% in 2023, followed by 9% in 2024.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

A few weeks after Wong became Prime Minister, Singapore invoked FICA for the first time against a coordinated information campaign, ordering the blocking of 95 social media accounts linked to Guo Wengui.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

Wong refused to postpone the GST increase despite accelerating inflation and simultaneously announced several cost-of-living support packages.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

The public learned that TraceTogether data, presented as intended for contact tracing, could be obtained by police under the Criminal Procedure Code. The revelation prompted controversy over trust and privacy.

State of the evidence

Documented

Tens of thousands of migrant workers contracted COVID-19 in overcrowded dormitories, an episode that became one of the main acknowledged failures of Singapore's pandemic response. Lawrence Wong co-chaired the interministerial task force.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Institutional responsibility