Feer to pay $405,000 to PM and MM
THE Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) has agreed to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew a total of $405,000 in damages and costs for defamation.
Zakir Hussain
Wed, Nov 18, 2009
The Straits Times
THE Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) has agreed to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew a total of $405,000 in damages and costs for defamation.
Lawyers for the Lees told The Straits Times that a consent order to this effect was entered in the High Court on Friday.
Review Publishing Company, which publishes Feer, and Feer editor Hugo Restall, have consented to pay PM Lee $200,000 in damages and $30,000 in legal costs.
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