HOUSING Minister Dr David Lee and businessman Hugh Leong Poi were yesterday both discharged from hospital minutes after they were able to access bail totalling $1.6 million granted earlier by a High Court master on charges of misbehaviour in public office and conspiracy to defraud the State.

Both men complained of feeling unwell on Tuesday afternoon after being detained by police and were taken to different medical institutions for observation.

When their matters were called virtually before Master Lisa Singh-Phillip yesterday morning, neither of them was present, as they were still being treated at hospital, their attorneys explained.