Singapore PM in court for defamation suit against blogger

Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong is suing the blogger for sharing an online article linking him to a money-laundering scandal.

As the world’s best-paid political leader and the head of a government that has pledged zero tolerance on corruption, Lee Hsien Loong, 68, is no stranger to protecting his integrity via legal channels. Lee’s lawyers said that the article contained “false and baseless” allegations and charged that Leong shared the post “maliciously” to damage their client.Leong has said he “merely shared” the article without adding comments or changing the content and rejected allegations that he maliciously posted the article.

Senior figures in the People’s Action Party, including Lee’s late father and Singapore’s modern day founder Lee Kuan Yew, have previously sued foreign media, political opponents and online commentators for defamation.

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