By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SINGAPORE — Singapore's High Court ruled Wednesday that the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine defamed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his father, Lee Kuan Yew, in a 2006 article.
Justice Woo Bih Li said editor Hugo Restall and Review Publishing Co Ltd, the magazine's publisher owned by Dow Jones & Co, were banned from publishing the article in Singapore and must pay damages, the amount of which will be decided later.
The lawyer for the magazine and Restall, Peter Low, was not immediately available to comment.
The article titled "Singapore's Martyr, Chee Soon Juan" featured an interview with Chee, the head of the opposition Singapore Democratic Party. Chee was forced into bankruptcy in 2006 by a US $300,000 ruling against him for defaming former Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong.
The city-state's leaders have sued journalists and political opponents several times in past years for alleged defamation.
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