Singapore Court Orders Lee Hsien Yang to Pay Defamation Damages to Ministers

Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, paid over SGD 600,000 in damages to two Indian-origin ministers following a High Court ruling. The case involved defamatory allegations regarding the ministers' rental of state-owned bungalows at Ridout Road.

Lee Hsien Yang, brother of Singapore's former Prime Minister, has made a payment exceeding SGD 600,000 in damages to two Indian-origin ministers after a High Court ruling.

The defamation case involved Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. Yang's allegations concerned the preferential rental treatment of bungalows at Ridout Road.

Justice Goh Yihan emphasized Yang's malicious intent in his defamatory Facebook post, leading to increased damages. The ministers plan to donate the awarded damages to charity.

(With inputs from agencies.)