PM Lee seeks $150,000 in damages in defamation suit against blogger Leong Sze Hian
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SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is seeking damages in the region of $150,000 from blogger Leong Sze Hian over a libellous article he shared on Facebook, with the Prime Minister's lawyer arguing on Monday (Nov 30) that Mr Leong had not only made &laPM Lee seeks $150,000 in damages in defamation suit against blogger Leong Sze Hian
SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is seeking damages in the region of $150,000 from blogger Leong Sze Hian over a libellous article he shared on Facebook, with the Prime Minister's lawyer arguing on Monday (Nov 30) that Mr Leong had not only made «stunning allegations», but had cynically politicised the case and recast PM Lee's effort to vindicate himself as victimisation. But Mr Leong's lawyer said his client was singled out as he was a prominent critic of the Government, adding that PM Lee had used the «full weight of the government machinery» to come down on Mr Leong in an act of abuse. He insisted that PM Lee did not suffer any damage to his reputation, and deserved at most only derisory damages of $1 per person who saw the post. The two lawyers were making their closing submissions before High Court Judge Aedit Abdullah in the defamation suit against Mr Leong. Read more