SGA Singaporean woman, Cheryl Lim, was ordered to pay $12,500 in damages after posting defamatory Google reviews about a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic and its physician, Pheabe Chau. Lim claimed she suffered arm weakness after undergoing acupuncture treatment at the Kin Teck Tong TCM Clinic. In her initial review, she warned others to 'think twice' and questioned Chau's qualifications. After the clinic refused to provide a refund, Lim revised her review to assert that the treatment caused her loss of arm strength. A court ruled that the second review contained definitive factual claims rather than opinion, making it defamatory. The judge found that Lim's motivation for the second review was likely retaliation against the clinic's refusal to refund her treatment costs. Lim was ordered to pay $10,000 in general damages and $2,500 in aggravated damages.
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