'My post simply stated facts': Lee Hsien Yang says Shanmugam, Vivian wrong to accuse him of making false allegations

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SINGAPORE - Mr Lee Hsien Yang said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan are wrong to accuse him of making false allegations. In his first public comments since the two ministers sent him a lawyer’s letter, Mr Lee - the younger son of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and brother of Prime Minister...

SINGAPORE - Mr Lee Hsien Yang said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan are wrong to accuse him of making false allegations., Mr Lee - the younger son of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong - said in a Facebook post on Saturday that he was simply stating the facts.

He was referring to the Singapore Land Authority , which is a statutory board that comes under the Ministry of Law that Mr Shanmugam oversees. Mr Shanmugam said in a Facebook post on Thursday evening that he and Dr Balakrishnan have sent lawyers’ letters to Mr Lee on Thursday. On Tuesday, Mr Lee was given a correction direction under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act .

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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