‘Showing photos of diners can be defamatory’


PETALING JAYA: You keep getting customers who evade paying their bills. And yes, it’s tempting to name and shame them.

But criminal lawyer Kitson Foong advised caution if restaurant operators wanted to display CCTV images of offending diners.

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