Court orders NST, MACC to pay lawyer RM300,000 in defamation suit


Justice Siti Khadijah S. Hassan Badjenid ordered NST and MACC to pay RM150,000 damages each and RM35,000 costs each.

She said the court found that an article published on Oct 12, 2007, by the daily was false and defamatory and the law presumed malice on the part of NST.

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