Singapore Blogger Ordered To Pay $100,000 For Defaming Prime Minister

Wednesday, 24 March 2021Newsdesk

A Singaporean blogger was ordered Wednesday to pay almost $100,000 in damages for defaming the prime minister by sharing an article on Facebook linking the leader to a corruption scandal.

New Delhi, 24 March 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had accused Leong Sze Hian of spreading false claims about him over the article related to the money-laundering scandal at state fund 1MDB in Malaysia. Critics say the case is the latest example of the tightly-regulated city-state's government being heavy-handed and seeking to silence dissent online.

Source - NDTV
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