PM, MM Lee goes to High Court for Chee hearing today

The following were extracted from Straits Times, Prime Pg 3, written by Sue-Ann Chia

"The Prime Minister and Minster Mentor are expected to go on the stand in a High Court hearing that starts today.

The three-day hearing is to assess the damage Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan, his sister and the SDP will have to pay for defaming Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew...."


About the case

Before the 2006 General Election, the SDP newsletter printed an article on the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) saga and drew parallels between how the charity and the Government were run.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew sued Dr Chee Soon Juan and the party's leadership for repeating remarks alleging that they were corrupt and had covered up wrongdoings at the NKF.

Six SDP central executive committee members apologised buy not Dr Chee and his sister Chee Siok Chin.

In June 2006, the High Court ruled that the SDP had defamed PM Lee and MM Lee. Three months alter, the Chees were also found to have defamed the Lees.