Singapore, Nov 28 (IANS): The Singapore High court has ordered businessman Lee Hsien Yang -- who is the brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong -- to pay damages to two Indian-origin ministers for his defamatory comments on Facebook relating to the rental of their colonial-era bungalows in the city-state.
On August 14, the ministers’ lawyers applied to the court for permission to serve the papers to Yang “wherever he may be found in the UK”, following which the ministers were granted permission to serve the papers out of jurisdiction on Yang.
The court order stated that within 21 days after the papers are served on him, Yang was to file a document to indicate whether he intended to contest the claim.
The Straits Times said quoting the judge that the implication of Yang's decision not to respond to the suits was that the court was unable to take into account any countervailing materials regarding the claims