PUTRAJAYA: The Appeals Court here Thursday upheld the High Court's decision ordering Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad to pay RM60,000 in damages to Shah Alam Member of Parliament Khalid Abdul Samad, for publishing an article defamatory to him in its newspaper about two years ago.
A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Mohd Hishamuddin Mohd Yunus, Datuk Azhar Ma'ah and Datuk Abdul Wahab Patail unanimously dismissed Utusan Melayu's appeal after ruling that the company's notice of appeal was incompetent.
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