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Singapore blogger crowdfunds over $100,000 to pay PM defamation damages Reuters 2 hrs ago SINGAPORE, April 16 (Reuters) - A Singaporean activist said on Friday he had raised S$144,389 ($108,200) through social media to cover defamation damages he had to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the second such crowdfunding case involving a blogger this month. The prime minister sued Roy Ngerng for a blog post in 2014 in which Ngerng allegedly implicated Lee in impropriety in connection with how funds in Singapore’s mandatory retirement savings scheme, the Central Provident Fund(CPF), are managed. In 2015, the Singapore High Court ordered Ngerng to pay the prime minister S$150,000 in damages in addition to S$29,000 in legal fees. ....
Singapore: Defamation award raises fears over Facebook postings theasian.asia - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theasian.asia Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Opposition politicians from three different political parties - People s Voice (PV), Progress Singapore Party (PSP), and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) met yesterday, April 10, for an alliance of issues over lunch. According to a Facebook post by Lim Tean, leader of the PV, the event had been hosted by Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) and PSP politician Leong Mun Wai, to congratulate Leong Sze Hian on his recent very successful crowdfunding campaign . Significant political transformation Lim wrote that the successful campaign marked a significant political transformation amongst Singaporeans. Leong is a Singaporean politician and blogger, who had been ordered to pay S$133,000 in defamation damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, earlier this year on March 24. ....
Roy Ngerng asks the internet for help paying off PM Lee Hsien Loong Coconuts 2 hrs ago Activist Roy Ngerng. Photo: @Royngerng/Twitter The first Singaporean to lose in court to the prime minister over an online article is trying his luck again with raising funds to pay off the remaining sum he owes, six years later. Activist Roy Ngerng revived his donor appeal yesterday to pay off S$144,000 (US$107,000) of the S$150,000 he was ordered by the high court to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Ngerng, who was sued for alleging Lee had misappropriated Singaporeans’ retirement savings, said that he had been paying S$100 monthly installments for the past few years. ....
Sued by Singapore PM, blogger collects $1L online to pay damages Sued by Singapore PM, blogger collects $1L online to pay damages Agencies / Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:00 IST Around 2,000 people helped Sze Hian collect the money Leong Sze Hian was ordered to pay the amount for defaming the PM with an article on FB SINGAPOREA Singaporean blogger claims to have crowd-funded almost $100,000 that he was ordered to pay as damages for defaming the prime minister by sharing an article on Facebook. Leong Sze Hian was sued by Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong after his piece linked Lee to the money-laundering ....