Tag: sue

  • Gilbert Goh: PAP’s Main Motive For Suing WP’s Three MPs Probably To Stop Them From Standing For Next General Election

    Gilbert Goh: PAP’s Main Motive For Suing WP’s Three MPs Probably To Stop Them From Standing For Next General Election

    Let’s support the Workers’ Party as the PAP seeks to destroy and bring down the opposition party here. They can’t unfortunately ownself clear ownself like our PM did three weeks ago in Parliament.

    The PM’s own ward Ang Mo Kio Town Council also faced similar alleged corruption but the case was easily settled out of the public scrutiny when the town council general manager was relieved of his duties last year and dismissed without implicating the MPs.

    Its also a important distraction tactic as the government faces a host of its own problems involving the PM’s own abuse of power allegation by his two siblings which he has cleared himself in Parliament and the Malay-only Presidential Election.

    The PE which will take place in September has hurt the feelings of alot of our Singaporean Malays and put the government on a back-foot for the past few weeks as it struggles to properly address the racial legality of their preferred Indian-Muslim candidate Halimah.

    As for the lawsuit against the three WP main figures, if it involves corruption, the goverment should bring in the CPIB to investigate WP but it has instead threw the legal law book at the opposition party which will give the issue wider smear publicity.

    By appointing Philip Jeyeretnam son of WP’s founder father JB Jeyeretnam to preside over the case, it has also stir up much sentiments against the former founder’s son who now works for the government.

    Its vintage PAP’s distraction technique at its best to sue the WP now when the government has also faced many Accounting-General Office’s official complaints for the past 3 years into financial irregularities for many of its own statutory boards and civil services.

    Nothing is believed to have being done to properly investigate and clear the irregularities as the same financial problem is being re-flagged the next year. Should we not also sue the government for improper handling of our millions of taxpayer money?

    If the WP’s three MPs are found guilty by our court system, they are likely to be heavily fined and may not be able to stand for the next general election – probably the PAP’s main motive for suing them now.

    Let us support WP for the sake of our opposition cause!

     

    Source: Gilbert Goh

  • Lee Hsien Loong – Suing My Siblings In Court Will Tarnish Family Name

    Lee Hsien Loong – Suing My Siblings In Court Will Tarnish Family Name

    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday (Jul 3) explained why he chose to raise in Parliament a family dispute instead of suing his siblings in response to a public spat which started in mid-June.

    “Many people have asked me why I’m not taking legal action, to challenge the will, or sue for defamation, or take some other legal action to put a stop to this and clear my name,” said PM Lee. “I took advice and considered my options very carefully. I believe I have a strong case.

    “In normal circumstances, in fact, in any other imaginable circumstance but this, I would have sued immediately.”

    “Because the accusation of the abuse of power is a very grave one, however baseless it may be. And it is in fact an attack not just on me, but on the integrity of the whole Government.”

    “But suing my own brother and sister in court would further besmirch our parents’ names,” he explained. “At the end of the day, we are brother and sister, and we are all our parents’ children.”

    “It would also drag out the process for years, and cause more distraction and distress to Singaporeans. Therefore, fighting this out in court cannot be my preferred choice.”

    “Every family will understand that family disputes do happen, but they are not something to flaunt in public. That is why I have done my best to deal with this out of the public eye.”

    PM Lee said his purpose in keeping his submissions to the Ministerial Committee private was “not to pursue a fight with my siblings, but to assist the Committee in its work”.

    “Unfortunately, my siblings made public allegations against me. I then had no choice but to defend myself, and release the statements and facts about the matter.”

    “I stand by the statements I have published but I really don’t want to go further if I can help it.”

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

     

  • Man Left With Gashing Wound After Seat Gives Way At Changi Hawker Centre

    Man Left With Gashing Wound After Seat Gives Way At Changi Hawker Centre

    Stomper Rizuan was left with a horrible wound when the stool he was sitting on at the hawker centre gave way.

    He shared with Stomp the horrific incident that happened on Jun 26, at about 7pm at Changi Village.

    He said in a phone interview:

    “Went to Hawker Centre to break fast. Upon sitting on one of the seat, the seat gave way resulting in me falling backward and having a deep cut on my left calf.

    “The top part of the seat fell off, my left calf was stuck on the metal part as it was trying to prevent me from falling backward.”

    The result was a horrific wound that was 10-cm long and left Rizuan bleeding profusely.

    The photos he sent show a shocking amount of blood on the floor.

    He continued:

    “The stall holder from the Nasi Lemak stall and some members of the public came to help me.

    “I am still under hosptalisation leave. I am not allowed to walk now.

    “I am going back in four days to check up on my leg.”

    He added that he was concerned about a public safety issue, for the seats were apparently glued on and not nailed.

    “The seats are glued, not nailed, it is not safe.

    “This time it happened to me, next time it could be children, pregnant women or old people. You will never know.”

    Rizuan feels that this is an issue that needs to be looked into.

    He is also currently still looking for a lawyer and legal advice to see how he could proceed on claims.

     

    Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg

  • Roy Ngerng Found Guilty of Defamation

    Roy Ngerng Found Guilty of Defamation

    SINGAPORE: Blogger Roy Ngerng has been found guilty of defamation, with damages to be assessed.

    Justice Lee Seiu Kin on Friday (Nov 7) has also ordered Ngerng to be restrained from publishing or disseminating the allegation that the plantiff, Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong, is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the Central Provident Fund, or any words and/or images to the same effect.

    “I therefore find that the Disputed Words and Images convey the natural and ordinary meaning that the plaintiff, the Prime Minister of Singapore and the Chairman of GIC, is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the CPF,” said Justice Lee in his judgement. “There is no doubt that it is defamatory to suggest that the plaintiff is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the CPF monies.”

    The Prime Minister filed the defamation suit against Ngerng on May 29, and on July 10 applied for a summary judgment, where the plaintiff asks the court to rule without trial, on grounds that the defendant has no real defence to contest his claim.

    The suit against Mr Ngerng arose from a blog post in May entitled Where Your CPF Money Is Going: Learning From The City Harvest Trial, which alleged that CPF monies had been misappropriated.

    Mr Ngerng had been sent a letter from Mr Lee’s lawyers, demanding that he apologise, remove the post and offer damages. Though he complied with several of the demands, his offer of S$5,000 in damages was rejected as “derisory” by Mr Lee. Mr Ngerng had also emailed some local and international media on how to access other posts, which Mr Lee’s lawyers said was “further aggravation”.

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com