Prime Minister Najib Razak should take the cue from his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong in 'leveling' those who accused him of corrupt and taking money from public funds.
Taking into account the number of corrupt allegations made against him, I believe Najib should be able to win more than that of Lee.
Not only he should win his case against the Wall Street Journal and Sarawak reports, the PM must take those critics and accusers to court. However, it all depends on the wisdom of his legal team.
Singaporean leaders maintain that the lawsuits are necessary to protect their reputations from unfounded allegations.
Ngerng, 34, had originally been found guilty in November 2014 in the first such ruling in Singapore over a purely online article.
He had admitted that his May 15, 2014 blog accusing the prime minister, who is also chairman of state investment fund GIC, of misusing the CPF was false and without foundation. He offered Sg$5,000 as compensation to Lee, who rejected the amount.
Well, let's see how our PM deals with the parties he should sue... I hope he wins!
Taking into account the number of corrupt allegations made against him, I believe Najib should be able to win more than that of Lee.
Not only he should win his case against the Wall Street Journal and Sarawak reports, the PM must take those critics and accusers to court. However, it all depends on the wisdom of his legal team.
An activist blogger was Thursday ordered to pay Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Sg$150,000 ($106,000) in damages for accusing him of stealing state funds.Singapore has consistently ranked highly in surveys as one of the world’s least corrupt countries, but rights groups say its leaders have used financially ruinous defamation suits to silence critics and political opponents.
Roy Ngerng, a former government employee, had accused Lee of criminally misappropriating money from the Central Provident Fund (CPF), the city-state’s multibillion-dollar pension system, Judge Lee Seiu Kin ruled at Singapore’s High Court.
“I have found the defendant to have acted out of malice,” he said in a written ruling.
“He had, to put it simply, called the plaintiff a thief when what he wanted to do was to criticise the CPF policy of the government headed by the plaintiff.”
Singaporean leaders maintain that the lawsuits are necessary to protect their reputations from unfounded allegations.
Ngerng, 34, had originally been found guilty in November 2014 in the first such ruling in Singapore over a purely online article.
He had admitted that his May 15, 2014 blog accusing the prime minister, who is also chairman of state investment fund GIC, of misusing the CPF was false and without foundation. He offered Sg$5,000 as compensation to Lee, who rejected the amount.
Well, let's see how our PM deals with the parties he should sue... I hope he wins!