Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong winds down the window to wave to photographers as he arrives for a damages hearing against blogger Roy Ngerng at the Supreme Court in Singapore July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took the stand for nearly seven hours on Wednesday, answering questions from a blogger he has successfully sued for defamation as the Supreme Court tried to decide how much he should be paid in damages.
Lee sued Roy Ngerng, 34, for a blog last year in which the defendant was alleged to have implicated Lee in impropriety in connection with how funds in Singapore's mandatory retirement savings scheme are managed.
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