Tang Liang Hong ( ) is a
senior lawyer and politician from Singapore
. He was born in 1935 to parents who came
from agricultural backgrounds. He speaks three local
languages.
In the 1997
elections in Singapore, Tang
ran as a candidate for the
Workers' Party in the
Cheng San GRC (
group representation
constituency).
1997 general elections
Post-election legal action
After the election, Tang Liang Hong faced thirteen
defamation suits from PAP Ministers and Members
of
Parliament (MPs) -
including the
Senior Minister, the
Prime Minister, and his two deputies. The suits were filed because
Tang called the PAP ministers and MPs liars when they had labelled
him anti-Christian, a Chinese chauvinist, and a dangerous man.
Tang left
Singapore for Johor
after
receiving death threat letters. He subsequently also faced
charges from the Inland Revenue Department for evading
taxes. His wife's
passport was
impounded but later released. Eventually, Tang found refuge in
Australia, where he was reunited with his
wife.
After Tang left Singapore, the
plaintiffs
obtained the
Mareva injunction
against him to restrain him from disposing of assets and to require
him to disclose the whereabouts of his assets. When Tang failed to
file an affidavit disclosing his assets, the plaintiffs obtained
default judgements against Tang in all their suits. Damages were
assessed by a judge of the High Court at a total of $8,075,000.
Tang's appeals against the default judgments were argued by an
eminent British Queen's Counsel,
Charles Gray, before the Court
of Appeal in September 1997. Judgment has been reserved at the time
of writing.
Source
More details about the circumstances leading to the above legal
action and about the lawsuit itself can be found in this website:
http://www.singapore-window.org/1028judi.htm
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