{"id":42384,"date":"2026-04-07T11:17:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42384"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:17:40","slug":"ministers-in-court-for-defamation-trial-against-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=42384","title":{"rendered":"Ministers in court for defamation trial against Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng have arrived at the Supreme Court building on April 7 for the start of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/politics\/ministers-to-send-letters-of-demand-to-bloomberg-other-media-outlets-over-libellous-statements?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">defamation trial against financial news provider Bloomberg.<\/span><\/a>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Dr Tan walked into the courtroom just past 9.30am, and Mr Shanmugam arrived about 15 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The case involves statements that appeared in a Dec 12, 2024 Bloomberg article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/ministers-shanmugam-tan-see-leng-say-parts-of-bloomberg-article-calculated-to-disparage-them?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">good class bungalow (GCB) transactions in Singapore<\/span><\/a> headlined \u201cSingapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The ministers contended that the article was understood to falsely mean that they had taken advantage of there being no checks and balances or disclosure requirements to carry out their property dealings in a non-transparent manner.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">On Jan 6, 2025, they filed separate claims against the US media organisation and the reporter behind the story, Mr Low De Wei.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Mr Low, who also has been sued by the two ministers, arrived at the court building at about 9.10am with his legal team and senior executive editor John Fraher.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The article in contention had referenced separate GCB transactions that involved Mr Shanmugam and Dr Tan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Both ministers said on Dec 16, 2024 that they considered the article libellous and would be taking legal action against Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">It had cited Mr Shanmugam\u2019s use of a\u00a0trust structure to sell a bungalow in the Queen Astrid Park area and Dr Tan\u2019s non-caveated purchase of a GCB in Brizay Park, among other examples of landed property deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A caveat is a legal document that property buyers can submit to the Singapore Land Authority to register their interest in a property and prevent other people from buying it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/ministers-k-shanmugam-tan-see-leng-in-court-for-defamation-trial-against-bloomberg-and-reporter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Home Affairs Minister K. 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