MAS files police report against author of 'baseless and defamatory' 1MDB-related article

Singapore

THE allegations made in an online article against Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the government in relation to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal are "absurd", Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam has said.

And the police will investigate and take action against all involved, he said on Friday.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) filed a police report against the author of a Nov 5 States Times Review (STR) article, which alleged that Malaysia had signed several unfair agreements with Singapore in exchange for Singapore banks' assistance in laundering 1MDB funds.

MAS said the article, headlined Lee Hsien Loong becomes 1MDB's key investigation…