A blogger here said he had crowdfunded almost S$100,000 (RM307,230) 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 sharing the piece, which linked Lee to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad money-laundering scandal in Malaysia.
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