TREmeritus apologises to Lee Hsien Loong and promises not to repeat libel

In TRE's article today, the site noted the lawyers' statement that Ho Ching had been appointed "on merit and...

TREmeritus has posted an apology to the Prime Minister, two days before the deadline his lawyers gave the site to avoid being sued for defamation. The formal apology – carried in the lead article in the site's "Editorials and News" section with a prominent graphic of a yellow post-it note that says "Sorry!" – reads as follows: APOLOGY 1. On or about 16 February 2012, we published on this website, TR Emeritus, an article entitled “PAP-government is full of ironies“ (the “Article”). The Article, and the comments in response to the Article, was available at http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/02/16/pap-government-is-full-­of-ironies/. 2. We recognise that the Article meant or was understood to mean that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had secured, or was instrumental in securing, the appointment of his wife, Mdm Ho Ching, as the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings (Private)...

Full article: http://journalism.sg/2012/02/22/tremeritus-apologises-to-...