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Singapore’s K. Shanmugam, Vivian Balakrishnan sue Lee Hsien Yang for defamation over Ridout rental allegations
- A conference for the case filed by the ministers will take place on Tuesday, according to the Singapore Courts’ website
- Shanmugam and Balakrishnan previously sent lawyers’ letters to Lee, saying they would sue unless the younger brother of PM Lee Hsien Loong apologises
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Singapore’s Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan have sued Lee Hsien Yang for defamation over allegations relating to their rental of two black-and-white bungalows at Ridout Road.
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The case conference will take place on Tuesday at 9am, according to a hearing list on the Singapore Courts’ website. The two ministers are represented by a team from Davinder Singh Chambers.
Shanmugam and Balakrishnan had sent lawyers’ letters to Lee in July, saying they would sue unless he apologises, withdraws his allegations and pays damages.
In a Facebook post on July 27, Shanmugam said Lee had accused him and Balakrishnan of “acting corruptly and for personal gain by having Singapore Land Authority (SLA) give us preferential treatment by illegally felling trees without approval, and also having SLA pay for renovations to 26 and 31 Ridout Road”.
These allegations are false, Shanmugam added.
Lee, the younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, is not in Singapore. He and his wife left the country after declining to attend a police interview in July 2022 that relates to lying in judicial proceedings about the will of his late father and founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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