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Politician and blogger Leong Sze Hian posted an update on May 15, 2021 announcing that the entire sum of S$262,327, including disbursements and legal cost, from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's defamation suit against him has been raised through crowdfunding. The High Court had ordered on March 24 that Leong pay PM Lee S$100,000 in damages and S$33,000 in aggravated damages for defamation, plus costs. 11 days later on April 4, Leong shared on his Facebook page that he raised more than the required amount in damages, to the tune of S$133,082. He received donations from 2,065 people, with the b...

news 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....

High Court judgment against Leong The High Court ordered on March 24 that Leong pay PM Lee S$100,000 in damages and S$33,000 in aggravated damages for defamation, plus costs. By April 4, just 11 days later, Leong shared on his Facebook page that he raised more than the required amount in damages, to the tune of S$133,082, with costs "yet to be determined". He received donations from 2,065 people, with the biggest contribution from a single donor being S$5,000. The smallest contribution was S$2.91. A lot of donors gave S$13, S$20 and S$50 each. You can see his post below: Leong provided daily ...

0 Engagements A High Court judge took a lawyer to task for blaming the victim in an underage sex case as he raised the offender's jail sentence from two years to 33 months yesterday. Both the prosecution and defence had filed appeals after the former Nanyang Technological University (NTU) undergraduate was sentenced in February last year for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. In upholding the prosecution's appeal, High Court judge Aedit Abdullah noted the former student could have received a much higher sentence had his new lawyer persisted with his previous lawyer's victim-blaming arguments...