There is a body of jurisprudence and a lot of case law on how facts are defined and how to distinguish between fact and opinions, said Mr Shanmugam.
“That’s the current law. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel and go and try to set it out in detail, we rely on the existing law,” he added.
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