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Roy Ngerng: Please Donate And Help Me Pay Damages

Hello everyone, this is an update to the defamation suit with the prime minister.

I have to pay a total of S$180,000. (I have to pay him S$150,000 in damages and S$30,000 for the costs of the hearing.)

(1) I have to pay S$30,000 by this Wednesday.
(2) From April 1, I have to pay $100 every month for 5 years.
(3) After 5 years, from 2021, I have to pay $1,000 every month until I finish paying.

I would like to thank lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam and his colleagues for helping me reach this settlement. I am very grateful to them.

These 2 years since I was sued hasn’t been easy. There have been ups and downs.

I am just glad that it started a conversation on the CPF and some enhancements were made to the CPF.

But I have learnt some lessons as well. I should have been careful with how I say things. I am thankful to have reached the settlement with the prime minister.

I hope to have a fresh start. I have been looking for a job and doing freelance photography. I hope to be able to find a job and make use of my work experience and skills in an area that I could make good use of. I miss contributing effectively to make positive change.

After the last election, a choice was made. I hope that this will be one that will put the country in the right direction. People choose what they are ready for.

Finally, I would like to thank everyone who have supported me over these years. Thank you for believing in me. I did what I could. And I am glad that somehow, we were able to make a difference.

Also, I would like to thank my parents and my family. I wouldn’t have been able to get through this without them. At a time where I had even lost friends, they have been an unwavering pillar of support.

I hope this marks an end to a chapter and hope that we can move on from here.

If you would like to help to defray the costs, you can also fund raise to the bank account at POSB Savings Bank Account 130-23068-7 (Ngerng Yi Ling).

Thank you once again.

Source: Roy Ngerng Yi Ling

March 14, 2016
Roy Ngerng To Pay Lee Hsien Loong Damages In Installments Over 17 Years

Blogger Roy Ngerng will pay S$100 a month for five years, and S$1,000 a month subsequently in damages awarded to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for defamation until the full sum of S$150,000 is paid.

In a hearing on Monday morning (March 14) to assess the damages, the lawyers of Mr Ngerng and Mr Lee reached a settlement in relation to the terms of payment of the judgement sum, Mr Ngerng’s lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam told TODAY.

Mr Thuraisingam said both sides had agreed late last week on terms to settle the costs payable (S$30,000) for the assessment of damages hearing, which Mr Ngerng has to pay by Wednesday.

No interest would need to be paid if Mr Ngerng makes each payment on time, said Mr Thuraisingam, who is acting on a pro bono basis. “In the event that he breaches the terms of the agreement (i.e fails to make any one of the payments), the full amount outstanding plus Court Judgment interest will be immediately payable,” the lawyer added in an email reply.

It would take 17 years for Mr Ngerng to pay the damages in full.

In December last year, a High Court judge ordered Mr Ngerng to pay Mr Lee S$150,000 for alleging that the latter had criminally misappropriated Central Provident Fund monies. While past defamation cases involving Prime Ministers have attracted damages in excess of S$300,000, Justice Lee Seiu Kin said a “substantial reduction” in this case was warranted, given the blogger’s “comparatively low standing”.

Mr Ngerng had earlier been found guilty of defaming Mr Lee, and in a three-day hearing in July to assess damages, Mr Lee’s lawyer Davinder Singh made the case for “substantial damages” to be awarded. The case stands out for the “depth and intensity” of Mr Ngerng’s malice towards Mr Lee and his resolve to damage Mr Lee’s reputation, thus warranting a “very high award of damages”, Mr Singh had said.

In response to media queries, Mr Lee’s press secretary Chang Li Lin confirmed that Mr Ngerng “had asked to be let off by paying only S$36,000 out of the costs plus S$150,000 in damages”. “The PM had responded to say that (Mr Ngerng) had to discharge his entire debt, but that he was prepared to give (him) time to pay the S$150,000 by instalments, provided (he) paid the costs immediately,” Ms Chang said. Mr Ngerng agreed and this was recorded by the Court, she added.

Source: www.todayonline.com

March 14, 2016
[Clarification] Masjid Sultan – Investigation Completed, Staff Did Not Chase Away Congregant, Reminded To Be Sensitive, Careful When Attending To Congregants

Assalamualaikum wr wb,

Sultan Mosque viewed this matter seriously and has invited Mr Saifudean Mead for a meet up session to resolve this pertinent issue, amicably.

The Mosque Management has investigated the case and found that our staff concerned did not chase away the congregant and his group from Sultan Mosque.

Our management has reminded all staff to be vigilant and at the same time to be more sensitive and careful when attending to our congregants’ needs.

Management Sultan Mosque.

Wasalam.

Source: Masjid Sultan Singapore

March 14, 2016
Remembering Benjamin Lim And Dominique Sarron Lee At Hong Lim Park

A video we did for the two boys in yesterday’s memorial tribute.

Thanks to Dolly Peh and Gilbert Louis who helped out tremendously at the event in heavy downpour.

The three speakers Leong Sze Hian Zixu Augustin Lee and Timothy Toddall spoke beautifully for the boys.

Special mention must be made to Jagjit Singh who set up the sound and light system in the rain. Some of his equipment is now defective due to the rain which has seeped in.

Big thanks to the 100 brave souls who came and stayed on despite the rain. You guys rock!

Many of you are emotional and some choked on your words as you said your personal tribute at the event.

Let’s hope the family will find some comfort and closure with the memorial and that their death will not be in vain.

Injustice must be opposed at all cost or else we are saying we accept it.

RIP Benjamin and Dominique – you will be remembered.

Source: Gilbert Goh

March 14, 2016
Who Is Wendy Lim?

According to Lianhe Zaobao, Wendy Lim (林婉丽), 41, is a logistic executive who allegedly had an extra-marital affair with People’s Action Party (PAP)’s elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Batok Single Member Constituency (SMC), David Ong, 54.

Ong announced his resignation from the PAP and as elected MP yesterday, citing “personal indiscretion”. Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong had accepted his resignation and will be calling for a by-election to fill up the vacated SMC.

Who is Wendy Lim?

Many netizens have been busy digging out photos and details about her to find out who is this woman who supposedly led to the destruction of a MP’s career.

From what I gathered on Sammyboy forum and Lim’s Linkedin page, she appears to be a career high flier in the logistics industry, holding the position of Deputy Honorary Treasurer at the Singapore Logistics Association and Group Sales Manager at Pacific Integrated Logistics Pte Ltd:

Wendy Lim also appears to be a big fan of the PAP and David Ong in particular. She is a member of the PAP Bukit Batok Branch Women’s Wing and there are many pictures of her at various PAP event. She appears to support David Ong fervently, including bringing cute caricature drawings and posters of Ong to root for him at events:

Interesting, many netizens have been lamenting on how ‘lucky’ David Ong was to score with a ‘lao chio’ like Wendy Lim, given his ordinary coffeeshop uncle look:

What do you think? Do you find the two of them compatible?

I am wondering among the 92 elected MPs in Singapore, how many of them might be having or had extra-marital affairs. These folks must be pissing their pants not to get discovered. The consequences are serious, judging from the recent string of ex-MPs like David Ong, Michael Palmer and Yaw Shin Leong who had to vacate their MP seats.

Source: https://alvinology.com

March 14, 2016