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Singapore opposition politician crowdfunds US$98,840 to pay PM Lee Hsien Loong in defamation case Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Reuters
A lawyer for the Singapore opposition politician ordered by a court to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong S$133,000 (US$98,840) for defamation said he had raised enough cash from donations to fully cover damages.
Leong Sze Hian of the Peoples Voice Party was ordered on March 24 to pay S$133,000 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 had donated to a crowdfunding campaign on social media to raise the full amount, Lim Tean, Leong s lawyer, said in a Facebook post on Monday.
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ASEAN has called for dialogue between the military and civilians in Myanmar following last month’s coup. However, the grouping has not shown any willingness to hold the military accountable through sanctions, either as a bloc or by joining the international community’s efforts.
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