Lee seeks libel damages<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE (Reuter): A lawyer for Lee Kuan Yew urged a
\nSingapore court yesterday to award libel damages \"substantially
\nin excess of\" US$213,000 from an American professor for defaming
\nhim in an article.<\/p>\n
High Court Justice S. Rajendran said he needed time to think
\nit over and would announce a decision at a later date. Lawyer Tan
\nKok Quan told the court a 1994 newspaper article by Christopher
\nLingle was \"vicious and malicious\".<\/p>\n
\"It accused (Lee) of abusing his power and position to
\nmanipulate the judiciary to achieve his political ends,\" said
\nTan. \"It struck at the very core of (Lee's) political credo and
\nattacked the very basis of what he advocates -- i.e., a clean and
\ncorruption-free government.\"<\/p>\n
Lingle's article was published in the International Herald
\nTribune (IHT) newspaper on Oct. 7, 1994. It referred to
\n\"intolerant regimes in the region\", some of which rely \"upon a
\ncompliant judiciary to bankrupt opposition politicians\".<\/p>\n
The commentary did not specifically name Singapore, but
\nexecutives of the IHT, owned by The New York Times and The
\nWashington Post, apologized for the article and agreed last
\nNovember to pay Lee Singapore S$300,000 ($213,000).<\/p>",
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