SINGAPORE - Ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Mr Lee Hsien Yang in the High Court for defamation, following Mr Lee's comments on Facebook about the Ridout Road saga. According to the hearing list published on the Singapore Courts website, the case conference will be held on Tuesday (Sept 5). Mr Shanmugam, who is Law and Home Affairs...
SINGAPORE - Ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Mr Lee Hsien Yang in the High Court for defamation, following Mr Lee's comments on Facebook about the Ridout Road saga.
On July 27, both ministers said they intended to sue Mr Lee for defamation if he did not apologise for having made false allegations relating to their rental of two black-and-white bungalows in Ridout Road. After the two ministers sent him lawyers' letters, Mr Lee said on Facebook on July 29 that he was simply stating the facts.
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