Singapore : A 34-year-old Singaporean blogger ordered to pay USD 109,000 in damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for defaming him on Monday struck a deal to make payments in installments over the span of 17 years.
Roy Ngerng, a former health care coordinator at a hospital here, had written a blogpost in May 2014 allegedly accusing him of misappropriating state pension funds.
On December 17 last year, the Supreme Court ordered Ngerng to pay 150,000 Singaporean dollars (USD 109,000) in damages to Lee, 64, for defamation. This comprises 100,000 dollars in general damages and 50,000 dollars in aggravated damages.
