In a libel lawsuit against Bloomberg and one of its editors, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng have filed a court order in Singapore.  ,
The jury website states that event schedules are for March 3 case conferences.  ,
Bloomberg ran an article, titled” Singapore Mansion Deals Are Increasingly Shrouded in Secrecy”, which spoke about Good Class Bungalow ( GCB) transactions in Singapore, on Dec 12, 2024. The essay, written by , Mr Low De Wei, mentioned Mr Shanmugam and Dr Tan.  ,
Its subject matter a Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act ( POFMA ) correction order that was issued to a number of businesses in December of last year.  ,
Both ministers stated on December 16 that they would be issuing Characters of Need to Bloomberg and other stores that reproduced the content in whole or in part because they thought the piece was libellous.  ,
Aside from Bloomberg,  , modification orders were handed to The Edge Singapore, The Independent Singapore and The Online Citizen.  , The Edge Singapore, which reproduced the article in full on its website, apologised to the two officials and removed the content.
The initial Bloomberg article was commented on by The Independent Singapore and The Online Citizen. The Online Citizen posted a adjustment recognize in its history, which is still accessible, while The Former removed the article and posted it as a correction notice on its website and Facebook.  ,
Bloomberg has since updated the correction notice on both its content and social media posts, adding that it “respectfully disagrees” with the way being corrected and has the right to contest and problem it. The media outlet stated that its monitoring is unchanged.
According to the president’s fact-checking site, Factually, Bloomberg’s misleading statements “attack the clarity of property purchases in Singapore”.
The article was still visible on Bloomberg as of Wednesday evening.  ,
A group of attorneys, including Senior Counsel Davinder Singh from his namesake strong, represent Mr. Shanmugam and Dr. Tan.  ,
Bloomberg and its blogger, Mr Low, are represented by doctors from RCL Chambers Law Corporation, including Mr Choo Zheng Xi, Mr Chua Shi Jie and Mr Donaven Foo.  ,
Mr. Low  has covered trading and banking information in Singapore and the area for about three and a half years and is a real estate columnist for Bloomberg, according to his LinkedIn page.