Soh Rui Yong

2022 - 4 - 6

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Soh Rui Yong challenges Ashley Liew: Prove your sportsmanship ... (The Independent)

As far as the courts are concerned, the defamation suit is over. Case closed. But Singapore's most famous marathon runner seems intent on keeping the issue ...

But the marathon man seems determined to keep the issue running. After the vent, he wrote in a blog post: “Nobody slowed down to wait – the race was on.” Liew then waited for the runners instead of going ahead, an act perceived to have cost him a place in the race. When we turned around perhaps 50m into the wrong turn, Ashley was already running in the other direction. In a later account, Soh wrote, “I was third place in that race when we took the wrong turn. Justice Valerie Thean also ordered Soh, 30, a two-time Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medallist, to pay $18,000 in costs for the appeal hearing.

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Soh Rui Yong challenges Ashley Liew to donate S$180000 he won ... (Mothership.sg)

He suggested that Liew use the money to create a fund or scholarship benefitting the athletes of Singapore.

Give back to Singapore, and Singapore sports," Soh wrote. Soh was also ordered to pay an additional S$18,000 in costs for the appeals court hearing, on top of the S$125,000 he had been ordered to pay in February for the district court trial. In September 2021, the District Court ruled in Liew's favour, ordering Soh to pay S$180,000 in damages — including S$120,000 in general damages and S$60,000 in aggravated damages — to Liew. On Mar. 28, the district court's September 2021 decision to order Soh to pay Liew S$180,000 in damages was upheld. Based on Liew's Facebook and Instagram posts, Liew does not appear to have responded publicly to Soh's challenge.Based on Liew's Facebook and Instagram posts, Liew does not appear to have responded publicly to Soh's challenge. In his Facebook post and an accompanying blog post, Soh challenged Liew to donate the S$180,000 he had received in damages from Soh to Singapore sports.

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Soh Rui Yong 'Challenged' Ashley Liew to Donate the $180K He ... (Goody Feed)

There are a lot of adjectives to describe top national marathon runner Soh Rui Yong. Brash, daring, self-righteous, and with a competitive streak that is ...

Mr Soh even offers another suggestion, “Use the entire $180,000 in damages for your ‘loss of reputation’ and ‘hurt, distress, and embarrassment’ to set up a fund or scholarship that benefits the athletes of Singapore.” This is on top of the $125,000 that Mr Soh was ordered to pay for the entire proceeding of the district court trial. In total, Dr Liew received $320,000 from Mr Soh due to the lawsuit. For the damages dealt to his reputation, plus the aggravated damages, Soh Rui Yong was ordered to pay Ashley Liew a sum of S$180,000, which was settled quickly through crowdfunding. The Outcome of the Defamation Lawsuit The Gist of the Lawsuit

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Marathoner Soh Rui Yong challenges Ashley Liew to donate S ... (TODAY)

SINGAPORE — Marathoner Soh Rui Yong has challenged one-time teammate Dr Ashley Liew to "prove your sportsmanship" by using the S$180000 damages he was ...

Dr Liew had slowed down to wait for them to catch up — an act that later won him the Pierre de Coubertin World Fair Play Trophy, a global prize for good sportsmanship. “Give back to Singapore, and Singapore sports. “Give back to Singapore, and Singapore sports.

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