Roy Ngerng has received yet another ‘love letter’ from the law firm representing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, mere hours before the deadline for the local blogger to make an offer of compensation to the Minister, whom he had accused of “misappropriating” CPF funds on his website The Heart Truths.
Senior Counsel Davinder Singh of Drew & Napier writes that his client is convinced Ngerng’s apology, which he’d conveyed in the form of a legal letter and another blog post on The Heart Truths, “was not and never meant to be genuine”.
According to Channel NewsAsia, the Senior Counsel also made clear that PM Lee would be entitled to aggravated damages if Ngerng didn’t remove four blogposts — two published after the original letter of demand and two dating back to 2012 and 2013 — and a video message published May 23 on YouTube.
PM Lee has indicated through his lawyers that he will not claim the aggravated damages if the said materials are removed by 5pm today, the same time Ngerng is expected to make the originally requested offer of compensation on the Prime Minister’s legal fees.
It is understood that the deadline for the latter mentioned has already been extended at least once.
Ngerng is also required to agree not to publish anything else that might “further aggravate the injury and distress” he had caused.
Update: PM Lee has agreed to extend Roy Ngerng’s offer of compensation deadline to Wednesday, May 28, 5pm.
Photo: Screengrab from Roy Ngerng’s YouTube
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