Guan Eng wins defamation suit against RPK over Penang undersea tunnel issue


KUALA LUMPUR: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has won a defamation suit against blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin over the latter's articles on allegations of corruption in an undersea tunnel project by the state government.

Lim's lawyer Kok Yuen Lin told the press that High Court judge Justice Rohani Ismail granted Lim a judgment in default against Raja Petra as the blogger, who is also known as RPK, did not contest the suit.

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