GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s defamation suit against an online news portal and its writer over his official car has been moved to Aug 4 pending Federal Court action on a recent ruling that politicians cannot sue the media in their governmental capacities.
Judicial Commissioner Hadhariah Syed Ismail fixed the date in chambers after Lim’s counsel Datuk N. Mureli asked for a stay of proceedings.
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