Singapore Blogger Ordered to Pay S$150,000 for Defaming Premier
- High court judge says reputation is a "priceless asset"
- Ngerng trying to get on with life, tough finding work
Blogger Roy Ngerng.
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Blogger Roy Ngerng must pay S$150,000 ($106,000) to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for defaming him and suggesting the premier criminally misappropriated the country’s pension fund savings.
“Reputation is a priceless asset that takes years of effort to build,” Singapore High Court Justice Lee Seiu Kin said in a ruling on Thursday. “The defamation of public leaders has thus been taken seriously by the courts.”