Singapore cabinet ministers have filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg and a reporter alleging defamation over an article concerning their personal real estate deals. The ministers claim that parts of the report were false and baseless.

Singapore cabinet ministers K. Shanmugam and Tan See Leng hauled financial news outlet Bloomberg and one of its reporters to court on Tuesday for defamation over an article that mentioned their personal property transactions. According to statements of claim filed in the High Court, Coordinating Minister for National Security Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan said parts of the article, titled “Singapore mansion deals are increasingly shrouded in secrecy”, were false, baseless and calculated to...