Former assistant fails in bid to set aside judgment over defamatory FB postings about boss


KUALA LUMPUR:  A novelist succeeded in maintaining her award of RM50,000 in damages against her former personal assistant, who is also her sister-in-law, over nine defamatory postings in the latter's Facebook account.

Judicial Commissioner Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera dismissed an application by the novelist's personal assistant Asmaliyana Ahmad to set aside a judgment in default (JID) granted by the court on Aug 4.

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