S'pore government says Lee Hsien Yang turning 'personal vendetta' into international smear campaign

Singapore live news: $4.75m compensation for Singaporean accident victim in Malaysia

The Singapore government has accused Lee Hsien Yang of turning a "personal vendetta" into an international smear campaign against the country.

In a statement on Thursday (July 28), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that Lee had made "baseless" allegations against the government and its officials in relation to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.

The MFA said that Lee's allegations were "without foundation" and that he had "provided no evidence to support them".

The ministry also said that Lee had "chosen to ignore" the fact that the Singapore government had "cooperated fully" with the Malaysian authorities in the 1MDB investigation.

The MFA said that Lee's allegations were "part of a pattern of behaviour" by him in which he had "repeatedly sought to damage the reputation of Singapore and its government".

The ministry said that it "regrets" that Lee had chosen to "use his personal vendetta to attack Singapore" and that it "will continue to defend Singapore's reputation and interests".

In a separate development, a Singaporean accident victim in Malaysia has been awarded $4.75 million in compensation.

The victim, a 29-year-old man, was injured in a car accident in Johor Bahru in 2016.

The High Court in Johor Bahru awarded the victim the compensation after finding that the driver of the other car was negligent.

The victim's lawyer said that the compensation was the highest ever awarded to a Singaporean accident victim in Malaysia.