'We have asked him to apologise, withdraw his allegations and pay damages, which we will donate to charity. If he does not do so, we will sue him', the Ministers wrote on their FB pages
"We have asked him to apologise, withdraw his allegations and pay damages, which we will donate to charity. If he does not do so, we will sue him", the Ministers wrote on their FB pages
Both of them shared similar Facebook posts on their pages. Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam wrote:Minister Vivian and I have today sent lawyers’ letters to Lee Hsien Yang for defaming us. Lee Hsien Yang has accused us of acting corruptly and for personal gain by having Singapore Land Authority give us preferential treatment by illegally felling trees without approval, and also having SLA pay for renovations to 26 and 31 Ridout Road. These allegations are false.
On the same day , the government issued a correction order under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s son, Mr Lee Hsien Yang, for alleged falsehoods made in a Facebook criticising his estranged elder brother, current PM Lee Hsien Loong.
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