The Front Line Defenders said that taking legal action against Leong Sze Hian was tantamount to silencing the human rights defender.
PM Lee filed a defamation claim against Mr Leong, for sharing on Facebook an article alleging that PM Lee played a part in laundering money from 1Malaysia Development Berhad . The article, which was not written by Leong, garnered 22 reactions, five comments and 18 shares.
On Tuesday , the High Court struck out blogger Mr Leong’s counterclaim against PM Lee, due to his failure to disclose a “reasonable cause of action” in his counterclaim.
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