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Tang Liang Hong v Lee Kuan Yew

[1997] 3 SLR(R) 576; [1998] 1 SLR 97; [1997] SGCA 52
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtCourt of Appeal of Singapore
Year1997
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Damages in defamation are not to be reduced merely because the successful plaintiff is a politician or the dispute has a political flavour, as that would offend the constitutional guarantee of equality before the law.

Area of Law

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