Cabinet ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan did not specify the amount of damages sought and are leaving it to the court.
SINGAPORE - Cabinet ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan appeared briefly in the High Court on May 2 for a hearing to assess the amount of damages they are entitled to get from Mr Lee Hsien Yang forMr Lee was absent.
Their lawyer, Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, told Justice Goh Yihan that papers had been served on Mr Lee to inform him of the hearing. Mr Singh later told reporters that Mr Shanmugam and Dr Balakrishnan did not specify the amount of damages sought. They were leaving it to the court, he added. In written grounds of decision, Justice Goh said the two ministers had met the requirements for a default judgment against Mr Lee.serve him court papers by Facebook messenger,Minister for Law K. Shanmugam leaving the Supreme Court on May 2. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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