S'pore politician faces eight suits

S'pore politician faces eight suits

SINGAPORE (Reuter): Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and
10 other ruling party members have filed eight individual and
joint defamation suits against Workers' Party leader Joshua
Jeyaretnam, the Straits Times said yesterday.

The newspaper had earlier reported that the group of ruling
People's Action Party (PAP) leaders were suing the veteran
opposition politician for allegedly defaming them, but the number
of suits had not been specified.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs were not immediately available for
comment. Jeyaretnam was also unavailable.

Since Singapore's general election on Jan. 2, in which the
ruling PAP won 81 of 83 parliamentary seats, leading PAP
politicians have also issued a total of 12 writs against Workers'
Party activist Tang Liang Hong.

In addition, Tang faces a suit brought against him before the
election by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his son, Deputy
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.