SINGAPORE, Sept. 7 -- A Singaporean TikTok user has been ordered to correct false claims he made about a Singapore government-backed leadership programme, in the latest use of the city-state's controversial fake news law.

Singapore-based media organisation CNA reported the country's Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) as confirming today that a correction direction had been issued against Jay Ish'haq Rajoo under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma).

Acting minister David Neo instructed the order after a video Jay posted on August 26 alleged that the Singapore government was funnelling money and resources to attract people from mainland China and groom them for leadership positions.

He further c...