SINGAPORE- A Singaporean blogger said on Monday (April 5) he had raised $133,000 ($98,840) via crowdfunding on social media to cover damages he was ordered to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a defamation case filed by the city-state’s leader. Lee had sued Leong Sze Hian, a financial advisor, after he shared on Facebook an online news article that.
Monday, 05 Apr 2021 12:27 PM MYT
Blogger Leong Sze Hian said today he had raised S$133,000 via crowdfunding on social media to cover damages he was ordered to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Facebook image via TODAY
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SINGAPORE, April 5 A Singaporean blogger said today he had raised S$133,000 (RM409,350) via crowdfunding on social media to cover damages he was ordered to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a defamation case filed by the city-state’s leader.
Lee had sued Leong Sze Hian, a financial advisor, after he shared on Facebook an online news article that linked the premier to a financial scandal at Malaysia’s state fund 1MDB.
SINGAPORE, April 5 (Bloomberg): A lawyer for Singapore blogger Leong Sze Hian said he raised enough cash from fellow citizens to fully cover damages awarded to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a defamation trial.
Singapore’s High Court on March 24 ordered Leong to pay S$133,000 ($98,800) to Lee for posting a link to a Malaysian news site that alleged the city-state’s leader had helped launder 1Malaysia Development Berhad funds.
Since then more than 2,000 people donated to a crowdfunding campaign on social media to raise the full amount, Lim Tean, Leong’s attorney, posted to Facebook on Monday. A new Singaporean has emerged,” Lim said.
Lee had sued Leong Sze Hian, a financial advisor, after he shared on Facebook an online news article that linked the premier to a financial scandal at Malaysia’s state fund 1MDB. Reuters
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean blogger said on April 5 he had raised Sg$133,000 (US$98,840 or RM409,318) via crowdfunding on social media to cover damages he was ordered to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a defamation case filed by the city-state’s leader.
Lee had sued Leong Sze Hian, a financial advisor, after he shared on Facebook an online news article that linked the premier to a financial scandal at Malaysia’s state fund 1MDB.
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Apr 4, 2021 11:27 PM
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singaporean blogger said on Monday he had raised S$133,000 ($98,840) via crowdfunding on social media to cover damages he was ordered to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a defamation case filed by the city-state s leader.
Lee had sued Leong Sze Hian, a financial advisor, after he shared on Facebook an online news article that linked the premier to a financial scandal at Malaysia s state fund 1MDB.
Lee s lawyers have said such links were false and baseless . Leong had deleted the November 2018 Facebook post within three days of sharing it, complying with a government request.