HKSingapore's Senior Minister K. Shanmugum and Minister Tan See Leng each received S$145,000 (US$113,000) in legal costs after winning a defamation lawsuit against Bloomberg and its journalist Low De Wei. The court ruled that a December 2024 Bloomberg article defamed the ministers by suggesting they were involved in secretive mansion purchases linked to a $3 billion money laundering scandal. The article implied that high-net-worth individuals prefer to keep their home purchases confidential. The award includes S$50,000 for pre-trial work, S$65,000 for the trial, and S$30,000 for post-trial work. Bloomberg and the journalist were ordered to pay S$230,000 in damages to each minister.
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