Famous Defamation Cases In Malaysia

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Famous defamation cases in malaysia. A teacher won a defamation suit against her principal at the sessions court here today with rm400 000 awarded to her in general and aggravated damages. August 24 2016 6 46 pm. The matter was informed by her counsel mahendra kumar to reporters after the defamation suit was mentioned before high court judge datuk rosnaini saub today. A malaysian court has ruled in favour of opposition leader anwar ibrahim in his 50 million ringgit defamation suit against a local daily holding it responsible for publishing two inaccurate.
Significant decisions were noted in various cases before the courts in 2015. Modified 11 jan 2018 3 36 pm online news portal malaysiakini has won against a defamation suit filed by gold mine company raub australian gold mining ragm. Monday 30 nov 2015 08 35 pm myt. Us man avoids thai jail over bad resort review.
A malaysian prince was awarded 6 million ringgit 1 2 million in damages in a defamation suit against his teenage wife who accused him of sexual and physical abuse after fleeing home to. Sedition charges also dominated media coverage this year. Posted at 6 23 9 oct 6 23 9 oct. Kuala lumpur nov 30 singer shila amzah or her real name nurshahila amir amzah will testify on dec 7 in the hearing of her defamation suit against an entertainment reporter and two others in relation to a defamatory article published in kosmo.
Malaysia s najib razak made history by becoming the country s first prime minister to sue a media organization for libel. Malaysia court has awarded rm 7 million in favour of tan sri vincent tan for a defamatory articles published in a magazine. You should contact a lawyer. Wesley barnes had posted several reviews allegedly accusing the resort of modern day slavery.
Elaw my is malaysia s largest database of court judgments and legislation streamlined in a powerful yet user friendly engine for busy legal professionals like yourself. On sept 17 2014.