Posts Tagged ‘lee hsien loong’
It took half a year, but as previously announced, Dow Jones has now appealed the ruling against FEER for defaming the Lees. AFP: Peter Low, a lawyer for the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), argued there was nothing in the article, published in 2006, that defamed the Lees. The Lees had sued editor Hugo Restall [...]
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Tags: defamation, dow jones, feer, lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew
A terse announcement in the Straits Times: PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has lost weight – because his doctor ordered it. The Straits Times asked about his health on Monday during a press conference on the Cabinet changes announced last Thursday. He said: ‘My health is okay. I’ve lost weight because my doctor ordered me [...]
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Tags: cabinet reshuffle, cancer, lee hsien loong, weight loss
Life would be much easier if..
Lee Hsien Loong gets grilled about family connections, in a way that the local media would never dare to do. Some unintentional irony in the “not the way things work in Singapore” response there: it’s not that people can blame the Lees instead of the GLCs, it’s that people can’t (publicly) blame either. Straits Times: [...]
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Tags: gic, ho ching, lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew, temasek
FEER defamed PM, MM
To nobody’s surprise, Lee Kuan Yew and Lee Hsien Loong have won their defamation suit against the Far Eastern Economic Review. Straits Times: THE High Court has ruled that the publisher and editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) defamed Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a July [...]
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An interesting opinion piece in The Star (Malaysia). With the retirement in February of Cuban President Fidel Castro, who also took office at the same time 50 years ago, Lee suddenly became the world’s longest surviving political leader. … Lee’s hold on power – especially the nation’s finance, military and the mainstream media – is [...]
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Tags: fidel castro, lee hsien loong, retirement
On the first day of damages hearings for the defamation case against SDP leader Chee Soon Juan, Lee Kuan Yew made an unexpected appearance while his son, Lee Hsien Loong, was being cross-examined. Lee Kuan Yew is expected to take the stand himself on Tuesday, May 27th. Singapore Democrat: Lee Kuan Yew barges into courtroom
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Tags: chee soon juan, cross-examination, defamation, lee hsien loong, sdp, trial
Cracks appear in Lee’s mantle
Shawn Crispin offers up incisive analysis and even prods at the CPF. Asia Times: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong faces Singapore’s worst economic crisis since it achieved independence in 1965 and some analysts believe his handling of the downturn will determine largely his future staying power as premier once his influential 85-year-old father, Minister Mentor [...]
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Tags: asia times, cpf, ho ching, lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew, shawn crispin, temasek