PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision to award former Perak mentri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin RM250,000 in damages in his suit against Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd over the issue of the WWW1 car registration number.
Court of Appeal judge Justice Zaharah Ibrahim, who chaired a three-man panel, held that the defence of justification, fair comment and qualified privilege does not apply to the publisher in the case.
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