In 1999, NKF tracked down and again sought legal action against Tan Kiat Noi, who allegedly circulated an e-mail from her company e-mail on 5 April, claiming that "the NKF did not help the poor and needy, paid its staff unrealistically high bonuses""NKF acts against e-defamation", Samantha Santa Maria, The New Paper, May 1999 and discouraged members of the public from donating. She later also published a public apology on local broadsheets The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao, while paying a total of S$50,000 in damages."NKF: Controversially ahead of its time?", Susan Long, The Straits Times, 19 April 2004 48 additional workers who forwarded the same e-mail were also sued by the organisation, but the suit was later dropped in consideration that they would face possibly extenuating financial circumstances."Action dropped, don't do it", Ng Wan Ching, The New Paper, 22 May 1999 Days since the 2007 civil suit began, there have been calls by the public to redress the grievances of the three abovementioned whistle-blowers."Pay back damages in ' flew first class' suits", Lau Guan Kim, The Straits Times Forum, 13 January 2007
