PUTRAJAYA: PJ Utara MP Tony Pua need not pay Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) RM200,000 for defamation, after the Court of Appeal here allowed his appeal against the High Court order for damages in the suit.
The panel of judges led by Justice Zaharah Ibrahim yesterday unanimously decided to set aside the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s 2012 ruling that had found Pua’s statements in a Chinese daily to be defamatory against Syabas.
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