Old Video of Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong's Statement Resurfaces

Old Video of Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong’s Statement Resurfaces. Read the Fact-Check

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A video of Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong’s statement is going viral on social media platforms. Users on social media are fervently sharing this video and claiming it to be a recent one.

Sharing this video on X(Twitter), a user named Vikas Bansal wrote: “The sound is ringing” (Translated to English)

Source: X(Twitter)

Moreover, other users also shared this video on X(Twitter) and made similar claims.

Source: X(Twitter)
Source: X(Twitter)

Fact-Check

To determine the reality of the above viral video, the DFRAC team converted it into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. We found that this video is from 2022 when Singapore PM Loong invoked Nehru while arguing how democracy should work in the city-state during a debate in Parliament. Several media outlets (Indian Express, India Today, Times of India and Outlook) have reported it in the year 2022.

Conclusion

It is evident from DFRAC’s fact-check that the video of Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong’s statement is from 2022, not a recent one.

Analysis: Misleading