Shanmugam refutes Lee Hsien Yang's 'independent arbitration' proposal amid defamation suit
Singapore Law Minister K Shanmugam has responded to Lee Hsien Yang's proposal for an "independent arbitration" to resolve the defamation suits against him.
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Singapore Law Minister K Shanmugam has responded to Lee Hsien Yang's proposal for an "independent arbitration" to resolve the defamation suits against him.
Janil Puthucheary explained that the intent is to try to have the correction notice reach at least as large a readership as the original falsehood.
Asia Sentinel will be required to carry a correction notice alongside its article.
"There are similarities between this bit of history and Singapore today. The death of the Sultan of Johor sparked a dispute between his two sons over who would succeed him. After Singapore’s founding Prime Minister died on March 23, 2015, a public feud broke out between his sons. The Straits of Malacca was a strategic point of contention between Holland and Britain during the Raffles’ time and is so presently between the US and China" - Toh Han Shih
On the heels of a heated parliamentary exhange this week.