A 45-year-old maintenance company owner was ordered to pay $7000, excluding disbursements, at the Magistrates’ Court under the State Courts after the court dismissed the lawsuit filed for defamation in slander against JMS Rogers, a debt collection company earlier on 30 April.

Lin Mingwei, the sole director and shareholder of Supersonic Maintenance Services Pte Ltd, alleged that the defendant’s employees and/or representatives had hurled defamatory statements against him in front of his staff and clients. Consequently, he filed a lawsuit against JMS Rogers for a claim of S$30,000.

In the judgement summary that was delivered on 14 June, it was decided that the former had failed to successfully prove that the latter had committed slander in a bid to smear the former’s name in his office and entire profession.n delivering his judgement, District Judge Lee Li Choon reasoned that the Plaintiff has failed to prove that he has suffered significant and specific financial or monetary loss as a result of the words uttered by the Defendant, adding that the Plaintiff’s case did not fall within the four exceptions stated in two cases: