GEORGE TOWN (Bernama): The High Court here has rejected the defamation suit filed by former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng against former Gerakan Youth head Jason Loo Jieh Sheng and two others over an article on the sale of a piece of land in Peel Avenue to Island Hospital.
Judge Datuk Rosilah Yop also ordered Lim, as the plaintiff, to pay the costs of RM50,000 each to Loo and two other defendants - The China Press Bhd and Guang Ming Ribao newspapers.
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