'The defendant had gone beyond his duty, not only as an MP, even as a person and acted like a vigilante against the plaintiffs in making these accusations' theSun theSundaily Court defamation lawsuit news
: The High Court here today ordered Kepong Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng to pay RM2 million to MonSpace Sdn Bhd founder Datuk Seri Jessy Lai Cha Suang and the company for defamation.
The judge also ordered the defendant to make a public apology in all vernacular newspapers as well as social media within seven days after the judgement was perfected. The judge said the defendant did not deny making the statements nor the publication and it was also clear from the statements that it referred to both the plaintiffs.
“Instead, in the court’s view, the defendant had gone beyond his duty, not only as an MP, even as a person and acted like a vigilante against the plaintiffs in making these accusations. The defendant should have verified the facts before making such serious accusations. In this case, the defendant did not call any witnesses who were alleged the source of his information.
“This was also unwarranted...the defendant was given an opportunity to redeem himself and during the case management of this case, the plaintiffs only asked for an apology to be made but the defendant failed to do that,“ he added.
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