PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ordered a blogger to pay RM600,000 in damages to a law firm after he lost a defamation suit over an article he had posted on the Internet.
The three-man panel comprising Justices Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, Zaharah Ibrahim and Azahar Mohamamed unanimously ruled on May 28 that Yap Chong Yee, an Australian citizen, had committed libel against the law firm of Messrs Lim & Hoh, comprising partners Hoh Fook Yoong and Hoh Foo Fah.
