Singapore Ministers file defamation suits against media company, reporter
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Singapore Ministers sue Bloomberg and journalist for defamation over state-owned bungalow rental story, sparking legal battle.
Two Singapore Ministers have filed defamation suits against media company Bloomberg and one of its journalists over a story related to rental of a state-owned bungalow, a media report said on Wednesday (February 26, 2025).
The case filed by Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng against Bloomberg and reporter Low De Wei will be heard in the Supreme Court on March 3.
The case comes two months after Mr. Shanmugam and Mr. Tan said they would act against Bloomberg and other media outlets for publishing statements concerning their property transactions, which the Ministers consider libellous.
The statements were produced in a December 12 Bloomberg article on good class bungalow (GCB) transactions in Singapore with the headline, “Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy.”
The article focused on GCB deals inked from January to early December 2024.
In identical Facebook posts on December 16, the ministers said Bloomberg’s article is libellous and announced to take action after legal advice.
Correction directions were issued against Bloomberg under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act on December 23, 2024.
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