Lee Kuan Yew v. Vinocur & Ors

1996-2 SLR 542 (1996)

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Lee Kuan Yew v. Vinocur & Ors

Singapore High Court
1996-2 SLR 542 (1996)

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Facts

Lee Kuan Yew (plaintiff) was a senior minister in the prime minister of Singapore’s office and was a former prime minister of Singapore. Lee brought a libel suit seeking damages against John Vinocur and three other individuals (defendants) who were involved in or affiliated with the publication of an article in the International Herald Tribune. The article claimed that intolerant political regimes in Asia used ingenious methods of suppressing dissent, including some that relied on a collaborating judiciary willing to use the judicial system to bankrupt political opponents. Lee claimed that the article was understood to mean that he had sought to suppress legitimate and democratic activity in Singapore by suing political opponents for defamation and relying on a compliant judiciary to grant judgment in his favor, thereby bankrupting his political opponents. Three of the defendants eventually published an apology to Lee in the International Herald Tribune. The remaining individual, the article’s author, did not appear in court and did not present a defense to the defamation lawsuit.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Rajendran, J.)

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