KUALA LUMPUR: PAS Member of Parliament for Pokok Sena Mahfuz Omar won his defamation suit against Utusan Melayu Berhad and was granted RM120,000 by the High Court here Tuesday as damages for libellous words published against him.
Judicial Commissioner Mohd Yazid Mustafa, in his decision, held that the words published in the article in the Utusan Malaysia newspaper, headlined Demonstrasi Mahfuz isytihar bersama Keadilan on March 4, 2001, were libellous with the intention to lower Mahfuz’s reputation.
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