Ridout Road rentals defamation case: Lee Hsien Yang ordered to pay S$200k each to Shanmugam, Vivian

Lee Hsien Yang (from left) had alleged in a post made on his Facebook page on July 23, 2023, that Cabinet ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan had acted corruptly in their rental of state bungalows. - ST FILE, LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE

SINGAPORE: Lee Hsien Yang has been ordered by the High Court to pay S$200,000 each to Cabinet ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan for defaming them in a public post on his Facebook page about their rental of state bungalows in Ridout Road.

Shanmugam, who is Law and Home Affairs Minister, and Dr Balakrishnan, who is Foreign Minister, had filed separate defamation suits in the High Court against Lee in August 2023.