Low De Wei
Coverage of Low De Wei in the Nexus archive.
- Singapore ministers awarded US$113,000 each in legal costs in Bloomberg libel suit
Singapore's Senior Minister K. Shanmugam and Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng each received S$145,000 (US$113,000) in legal costs after a court ruled a Bloomberg article defamed them. Bloomberg and its journalist, Low De Wei, were ordered to pay S$230,000 in damages to each minister.
- Singapore court orders Bloomberg to pay ministers $356,000 in defamation case
A Singapore high court ordered Bloomberg News and reporter Low De Wei to pay S$460,000 in damages after an article was found to have defamed two government ministers. The judgment included S$170,000 in general damages and S$60,000 in aggravated damages per minister. Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief defended the reporting, stating the ministers imposed a 'strained meaning' on the story.
- Singapore ministers each awarded US$177,860 in damages in Bloomberg defamation suit
The High Court in Singapore awarded two cabinet ministers S$230,000 (US$177,860) each in damages following a defamation trial involving Bloomberg and one of its reporters over the officials’ property transactions. K. Shanmugam and Tan See Leng filed separate suits against Bloomberg and reporter Low De Wei over a story titled “Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded...