Blogger Leong Sze Hian made no attempt to ascertain truth when sharing article with false allegations: PM

Singapore

BLOGGER Leong Sze Hian may not have known that the allegations he shared were false, but he made no attempt to ascertain the truth either way, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, taking the witness stand in the second half of Tuesday's defamation hearing.

Responding to Mr Leong's lawyer Lim Tean, who had asked why Mr Lee accused his client of malice when he did not know the truth, Mr Lee told the High Court: "Because he didn't take the trouble to know. This is reckless disregard of the truth."