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Hello to all our readers, Yahoo Singapore will be bringing you live news updates today. The Singapore government accused Lee Hsien Yang of turning his into an international smear campaign. In a recent interview in London, Lee claimed that the country has become much more repressive, and corruption has worsened in the decade since his father died.
The High Court in Singapore awarded $4.75 million as compensation to a Singaporean victim of an accident in Malaysia. He due to severe brain damage.
His lawyer said this is the highest sum awarded by a court here to a Singaporean victim of an accident in Malaysia. Lee Hsien Yang, son of Singapore's late founding father Lee Kuan Yew, claimed that the country has become much more repressive, and corruption has worsened in the decade since his father died. He told The Associated Press that the authorities have "weaponised" the country's laws against critics, citing a tightening of laws on security and rights of assembly and a sharp increase in the number of asylum-seekers from the city-state over the past decade.
During an interview in London on Monday (28 Oct), he said, "Singapore has this veneer that purports to be a sort of affluent, democratic, free country. The veneer is quite thin. Beneath that there is a repressive nature to that regime and there are people fleeing from it.
" In response to his comments, the Singapore government accused Lee of turning a "personal vendetta into an international smear campaign against his father, his family and his country". It said that all examples of alleged corruption cited by Lee have been addressed either through the courts or in Parliament. Lee was also a "major beneficiary of the Singapore system", it added, pointing out that he had freely participated in politics when he joined an opposition party in the 2020 General Elections.
"[Lee] is not a victim of persecution. He and his wife remain citizens. They are and have always been free to return to Singapore," the government said.
To find out more about , read here. A Singaporean man was awarded $4.75 million by the High Court in June as compensation for a traffic accident in Malaysia.
This is the highest sum awarded by a court here to a Singaporean victim of an accident in Malaysia, said his lawyer. The victim, 44-year-old Lim Chun Yong, lost his mental capacity after the road traffic accident six years ago. Since then, he has required full-time care.
Lim was caught in a chain collision involving three vehicles. He was a front-seat passenger in the middle vehicle and suffered severe brain damage. His wife initially cared for him at home with a domestic helper but he became harder to manage with behavioural disorders.
She eventually admitted him into a nursing home after consulting his doctors as she was unable to cope. She sued all five defendants for negligence, personal injuries and losses sustained. A sixth defendant, the insurer for the Toyota vehicle in which Mr Lim was a passenger, was later added with the court’s approval.
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