Singapore court orders Bloomberg to pay ministers $356,000 in defamation case
A Singaporean court has ordered Bloomberg and one of its reporters to pay $356,000 in damages for defaming two government ministers in an article about property transactions. Bloomberg maintains that its reporting was accurate and in the public interest.
Bloomberg was sued for defamation over a December 2024 article about secretive property transactions that mentioned deals involving two Singaporean government ministers. Photograph: Jeff Blackler/REX Bloomberg was sued for defamation over a December 2024 article about secretive property transactions that mentioned deals involving two Singaporean government ministers. Photograph: Jeff Blackler/REX Singapore Singapore court orders Bloomberg to pay ministers $356,000 in defamation case Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief, John Micklethwait, stands by reporting, saying ministers who sued ‘imposed an extremely strained meaning on what was a solid story’
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