Story idea, article elements, wording 'designed to stick the knife’ into Shanmugam, Tan See Leng: Lawyer

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The Bloomberg reporter Low De Wei maintained that he had no agenda against the ministers, adding that he does not go to bed thinking about bringing Mr Shanmugam down. SINGAPORE: The lawyer for Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng on Wednesday (Apr 15) scrutinised how a Bloomberg reporter put together an article on property transactions, arguing that its skewed use of data, language and framing were designed to "stick the knife” into the two ministers. Cross-