There are already signs the law will be used to divide civil society and cast a dark shadow over internationalism.
![On October 4, Singapore's parliament passed a 'foreign interference' law [File: Reuters/Edgar Su]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015-08-25T120000Z_178038757_GF10000181865_RTRMADP_3_SINGAPORE-POLITICS-PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Community organiser, writer, researcher, cultural worker and pro-democracy activist based in Singapore
There are already signs the law will be used to divide civil society and cast a dark shadow over internationalism.
![On October 4, Singapore's parliament passed a 'foreign interference' law [File: Reuters/Edgar Su]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2015-08-25T120000Z_178038757_GF10000181865_RTRMADP_3_SINGAPORE-POLITICS-PARLIAMENT.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)