Tag: Kirsten Han

An application by historian Thum Ping Tjin and freelance journalist Kirsten Han to register a company has been rejected on the grounds that the registration would be contrary to Singapore's national interests. Acra noted that OSEA was to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of a British-registered company called Observatory Southeast Asia (OSEA UK). FOSI is closely associated with Open Society Foundations (OSF), founded and led by Mr Soros, it added. Nor should we allow any group of Singaporeans to lend themselves to being used by foreigners to pursue a political activity in Singapore. "OSF and FOSI, and other foreign philanthropies and groups, can fund whatever causes they like elsewhere," it said. Nor should we allow any group of Singaporeans to lend themselves to being used by foreigners to pursue a political activity in Singapore." Dr Thum - a research fellow and coordinator of Project Southeast Asia at the University of Oxford - was cited as its director and Ms Han its editor-in-chief. Currently, OSEA UK owns and manages the New Naratif website, said the authority. In response to queries, Acra said that the information on grant funding to OSEA UK was provided by the applicant. Dr Thum is also one of the three founders of the New Naratif website, which was founded last year and publishes articles on South-east Asia.