Court orders Utusan to pay Lim RM50,000

Updated 7 years ago · Published on 24 Nov 2018 10:18AM · 3 Comments

Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng filed the defamation suit against Utusan and its Feature and Analysis editor Zulkilfi Jalil. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 24, 2018.

THE high court yesterday ordered Utusan Malaysia to pay RM30,000 in damages to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng over the publication of a defamatory article in 2015.

Counsel N.Mureli, representing Lim, said that judge Rosilah Yop also ordered Utusan to pay costs of RM20,000 to Lim.

Lim filed the defamation suit against Utusan and its Feature and Analysis editor Zulkilfi Jalil, as the first and second defendants, over the article titled “Pengundi Atas Pagar Jadi Penentu?” published on April 10, 2015, which alleged that Lim had full powers over wakaf land and how it could be developed.

The piece was written by Zulkifli and published in Utusan’s print version and on its website.

On September 27, Zuilkifli apologised to Lim in court as part of the consent judgment. – Bernama, November 24, 2018.

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  • Keep on Suing YB

    Posted 7 years ago by Danial Abdullah · Reply

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    Posted 7 years ago by Tharan Singh · Reply

  • How dumb and bodoh can one be to write an indisputable falsehood

    Posted 7 years ago by Roti Paun · Reply