Lee Hsien Yang pays Shanmugam, Balakrishnan more than S$600,000 for defamation

Singaporean businessman Mr Lee Hsien Yang has paid S$600,000 to ministers K Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan for defaming them regarding their rental of state properties at Ridout Road. This payment follows a High Court ruling in May that required Mr Lee to pay S$200,000 to each minister, in addition to S$51,000 in costs to each. Mr Lee, the brother of former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, made the defamatory remarks on Facebook.

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