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Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong asks The Online Citizen to remove ‘defamatory article’ or face legal action
- In a letter to TOC’s chief editor, Terry Xu, the PM’s representative said the article was a ‘scurrilous’ attack on Lee’s character and integrity
- The letter demanded that Xu take down the content immediately and publish a ‘full and unconditional apology’ by Wednesday, or face legal action
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s spokesperson has issued a letter to a sociopolitical website, demanding that it remove an article containing “false” and “libellous” allegations and publish an apology.
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In the letter sent at 6pm on September 1 to Terry Xu, chief editor of The Online Citizen (TOC) – a copy of which was made available to the media – the prime minister’s press secretary Chang Li Lin took issue with an article titled PM Lee’s wife Ho Ching weirdly shares article on cutting ties with family members, which she called a “scurrilous” attack on Lee’s character and integrity.
A link to the article, dated August 15, was also posted on TOC’s Facebook page.
The report and Facebook post repeated several false allegations that were levelled against PM Lee by his sister, Dr Lee Wei Ling, said Chang.
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PM Lee is embroiled in a family feud with Dr Lee and Lee Hsien Yang, his younger brother, over their 38 Oxley Road family home.
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