S'pore court orders ex-PM's brother to pay S$400k for defaming ministers
BernamaLee Hsien Yang, the brother of former Singapore prime minister, has been ordered by the High Court to pay S$200,000 (RM693,000) each to ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan for defaming them about their rental of state bungalows in Ridout Road.
The court also directed Lee to pay S$51,000 as costs to each minister.
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