THE Court of Appeal today dismissed Sungai Besar Umno chief Jamal Md Yunos’s appeal to set aside a High Court verdict that he defamed Petaling Jaya MP and former Bersih 2.0 chairman Maria Chin Abdullah.
The three-member bench – comprising Justices Abdul Karim Jalil, Gunalan Muniandy and Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim – did grant Yunos’s appeal against damages, reducing compensation from RM300,000 to RM150,000.
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