Lee Hsien Loong v. Roy Ngerng Yi Ling
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 1.352083
Longitude: 103.819836
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Singapore
- Decision Date
- 7 de nov. de 2014
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Reparations Made by Individual or Entity who Exercised FoE
- Keywords
- Censorship
- Corruption
- Defamation
- Freedom of Expression
- Publications
- Judicial Body
- Supreme Court (court of final appeal)
- Case Number
- [2014] SGHC 230
- Case Summary
Roy Ngerng, a blogger, was found guilty for a blogpost that had allegedly defamed the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore. On December 17, 2015, the Supreme Court ordered Ngerng to pay the PM S$150,000 in damages. The Court in this case determined that the right to sue for defamation overruled the defendant's right to freedom of speech. Even though the plaintiff was a public figure and the defendant was discussing a matter of public concern, the Court still ruled that the plaintiff's cause of action for defamation was allowed. Some of the information in this report was derived from secondary sources.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
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