Singapore blogger crowdfunds $99,000 to pay PM damages in defamation case ...Middle East

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean blogger said on Monday he had raised S$133,000 ($98,840) via crowdfunding on social media to cover damages he was ordered to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (pix) in a defamation case filed by the city-state’s leader.Lee had sued Leong Sze Hian, a financial advisor, after he shared on Facebook an online news article that linked the premier to a financial scandal at Malaysia’s state fund 1MDB.Lee’s lawyers have said such links were “false and baseless”. Leong had deleted the November 2018 Facebook post within three days of sharing it, complying with a government request.The Singapore high court on March 24 ordered him to pay Lee S$133,000.“I am very happy, very gra

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