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Shanmugam, Tan See Leng sue Bloomberg, reporter for defamation

The Straits Times

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February 27, 2025

Suit centres on statements published in article concerning ministers’ property transactions

- Samuel Devaraj

Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng have filed defamation suits against Bloomberg and one of its journalists. The claims were filed on Jan 6.

Checks by The Straits Times on Feb 26 showed that a case conference for the suit involving the media company and reporter Low De Wei will be held in the Supreme Court on March 3.

It comes two months after Dr Tan and Mr Shanmugam said they would act against Bloomberg and other media outlets for publishing statements which the ministers considered libellous concerning their property transactions.

The statements appeared in a Dec 12 Bloomberg article on good class bungalow (GCB) transactions in Singapore with the headline, "Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy".

The article was written by Mr Low, who, according to his Linked-In profile, has been a real estate reporter at Bloomberg since September 2021.

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