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SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is in the High Court on Tuesday (Oct 6) for the start of a four-day hearing in his defamation suit against blogger and financial adviser Leong Sze Hian.
PM Lee, who is represented by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh from Davinder Singh Chambers, will enter the witness box to give evidence and be cross-examined at the hearing, which is presided over by Justice Aedit Abdullah.
Mr Leong is represented by lawyer and opposition politician Lim Tean from Carson Law Chambers.
PM Lee sued Mr Leong over a post the blogger shared on his Facebook page on Nov 7, 2018, which contained a link to an article by Malaysian news site The Coverage.
The article contained allegations that former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak had signed “secret deals” with PM Lee in exchange for Singapore banks’ help in laundering money from scandal-ridden Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB.
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