A trial for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's defamation lawsuit against The Online Citizen editor Terry Xu concluded yesterday after Mr Xu's lawyer Lim Tean briefly questioned Ms Kwa Kim Li, who prepared six wills for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
During the 40-minute hearing yesterday, Mr Lim took Ms Kwa through a number of e-mails that Mr Xu had relied on to show that Mr Lee Kuan Yew did believe his house had been gazetted.
The allegedly defamatory statements in the article include an allegation that PM Lee had misled his father into thinking that the 38 Oxley Road house had been gazetted by the Government, and that it was therefore futile for Mr Lee Kuan Yew to keep his direction to demolish it.
One such note said "Ling one share more", referring to Mr Lee Kuan Yew giving his daughter, Dr Lee Wei Ling, an extra share of the estate compared with her brothers in earlier versions of his will.
Another had the words "I can't find gazette. Told him", which Ms Kwa had written on a copy of an e-mail that Mr Lee Kuan Yew had sent to Ms Kwa and Dr Lee on Sept 6, 2012.
During the 40-minute hearing yesterday, Mr Lim took Ms Kwa through a number of e-mails that Mr Xu had relied on to show that Mr Lee Kuan Yew did believe his house had been gazetted.
The allegedly defamatory statements in the article include an allegation that PM Lee had misled his father into thinking that the 38 Oxley Road house had been gazetted by the Government, and that it was therefore futile for Mr Lee Kuan Yew to keep his direction to demolish it.
One such note said "Ling one share more", referring to Mr Lee Kuan Yew giving his daughter, Dr Lee Wei Ling, an extra share of the estate compared with her brothers in earlier versions of his will.
Another had the words "I can't find gazette. Told him", which Ms Kwa had written on a copy of an e-mail that Mr Lee Kuan Yew had sent to Ms Kwa and Dr Lee on Sept 6, 2012.
