The ''Singapore Herald'' was a

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newspaper in

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whose publishing license was suspended by the

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on May 28, 1971. The government had accused the paper of being involved in "black operations", of being funded by questionable foreign sources, of working up agitation against national policies and institutions, and of "taking on the government

In 1974, the government strengthened press control through the

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. Its editors included

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and Adele Koh, who later became a political figure in

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* Seow, Francis T. 1998. ''The Media Enthralled: Singapore Revisited''. Boulder: Lynne Rienner. Newspapers published in Singapore {{Singapore-newspaper-stub

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