Singapore ministers each awarded US$177,860 in damages in Bloomberg defamation suit

Singapore's High Court has awarded two cabinet ministers, K. Shanmugam and Tan See Leng, S$230,000 (approximately US$177,860) each in damages.

JI Jean IauSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-14 · 09:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

Singapore ministers each awarded US$177,860 in damages in Bloomberg defamation suit

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Singapore's High Court has awarded two cabinet ministers, K. Shanmugam and Tan See Leng, S$230,000 (approximately US$177,860) each in damages. This decision follows a defamation trial concerning a story published by Bloomberg and its reporter Low De Wei. The ministers had filed separate lawsuits in January of the previous year. The article in question, titled "Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy," reported on property transactions involving the two officials. Specifically, it mentioned Shanmugam's sale of a bungalow using a trust structure and Tan's purchase of a good class bungalow.

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The article reported on ministers' property transactions, specifically Shanmugam's bungalow sale via a trust and Tan's non-caveated purchase.

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The ministers filed suit over a Bloomberg story titled “Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy”.

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The defamation suit involved financial news outlet Bloomberg and its reporter Low De Wei.

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Singapore ministers awarded S$230,000 (US$177,860) each in damages in a defamation suit.

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The Singapore" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="164905" data-entity-type="organization">High Court in Singapore has awarded two cabinet ministers S$230,000 (US$177,860) each in damages following a defamation trial involving financial news outlet Bloomberg and one of its reporters over the officials’ property transactions.In January last year, K. Shanmugam, the coordinating minister for national security, and Tan See Leng, the manpower chief, filed separate suits against Bloomberg and its reporter Low De Wei over a story titled “Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy”.The article reported that Shanmugam used a trust structure to sell a bungalow in the affluent neighbourhood of Queen Astrid Park and mentioned Tan’s non-caveated purchase of a good class bungalow (GCB) in nearby Brizay Park.

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