Lee Hsien Yang made a startling assertion in a post he put up on Facebook on 23 July 2023 – he claimed that “[t]rust in the PAP has been shattered”. That trust, as Mr. Lee observes, was built upon “high standards of propriety and personal conduct, together with staying clean and incorrupt”. He asserts that…
Author: The Editor
PSP’s Lee Hsien Yang Doesn’t Want to Defend his Views in Singapore
Mr Lee Hsien Yang puts up for his posts for Singaporeans to read. He talks about trust, and governance. He is a member of the PSP. He receives lawyers’ letters from two Ministers – saying that he has defamed them. They say they will sue unless he apologises and withdraws his allegations. What does he…
Unraveling the Legal Quandary: Mr. Lee Hsien Yang’s Defamation Allegations and the Power of POFMA
Mr. Lee Hsien Yang’s post earlier makes two claims: (a) He did not assert that Ministers Shanmugam and Balakrishnan were acting corruptly or for personal gain in his 23 July post. (b) His post was made in the United Kingdom and the Ministers should sue him there. It appears that he has had time to…