Singapore, July 30: Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, younger brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said that the two ministers misunderstood him and challenged them to sue him in the UK.
In his first comment since being threatened with lawsuits by Minister of Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong - younger brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said that he was simply stating the The truth is reported by the media, according to The Straits Times .
In his July 23 post, Mr. Lee said the two ministers rented state-owned housing through an agency that one of them controlled. Mr. Lee said ministers had cut down trees in the compound and had it refurbished with state funding. The agency in question is the Singapore Land Administration (SLA) under the supervision of Minister Shanmugam.
"They misunderstood what I said," Lee said of the July 23 post. "My article does not claim that Shanmugam and V. Balakrishnan acted in a wrongful or personal benefit, through the SLA giving them preferential treatment for illegal tree felling and also being paid by the SLA. money to refurbish them," the younger brother of the Singapore Prime Minister said in a new article on July 29.
"My post is simply stating facts that have been widely publicized in the Singaporean and international media," Lee continued. Earlier, the Singapore government issued a fake news warning to Mr. Lee about the post.
The two ministers said on July 27 that they had asked their lawyers to send a letter to Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, asking for the allegation to be withdrawn, compensation and apology, or else they would be sued. The amount of compensation will be donated to charity.
"My article is published in the UK. If K. Shanmugam and V. Balakrishnan believe they have enough evidence, they should sue me in the UK," Mr. Lee Hsien Yang wrote.
According to Channel News Asia, Mr. Lee Hsien Duong and his wife are currently living abroad. The couple had left Singapore after being investigated by police for perjury during the proceedings. Mr. Lee Hsien Duong is also accused of lying in judicial proceedings about the will of his father - the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper