Soh Rui Yong at the State Courts in January. Soh was in September ordered to pay Ashley Liew $180,000 in damages.SINGAPORE - Soh Rui Yong's appeal against the district court's decision to award former national marathon teammate Ashley Liew $180,000 in damages for defamation was dismissed by a High Court judge on Monday .
In Monday's High Court hearing, which took place over video-conferencing platform Zoom, Justice Valerie Thean upheld the decision and also ordered Soh to pay $18,000 in costs for the appeal hearing. This is in addition to the $125,000 in costs and fees Soh had in February been ordered to pay for the district court trial.
Soh, who is in London where he is pursuing a law degree, said he respected the Court's decision "and will move forward from here". The statements appeared in the form of two blog posts, two Facebook posts, and one Facebook comment. In them, Soh had disputed Liew's account of the latter's act of fair play during the 2015 SEA Games marathon.
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