Federal Court: Revealing contents of police report can amount to defamation

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Federal Court reaffirmed Wednesday (Jan 30) that a person who lodges a police report and reveals its contents to the public can be held accountable for defamation.

Justice Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed said subsequent publication of the contents of a police report by its maker to the public was not protected by the defence of absolute privilege, save where the contents of the report were made in or in connection with judicial proceedings.