SINGAPORE: The estranged brother of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said he has paid two senior ministers who sued him for defamation.
Lee Hsien Yang paid a total of S$619,335.53 (US$483,610) to law minister K Shanmugam and foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan, according to a Facebook post on Sunday.
The amount included damages, costs and disbursements related to a Singapore High Court order in May, Lee told Bloomberg News.
The ministers had sued Lee last year, demanding he withdraw allegations made in a Facebook post for claims they received preferential treatment for renting colonial black-and-white state bungalows.
They also sought damages, which would be donated to charity.