Court dismisses Khairy’s appeal against Anwar’s defamation suit


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a lawsuit filed by Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim relating to a speech the minister made in a political rally 14 years ago.

A three-man panel, chaired by Justice Lee Swee Seng, ruled that there was no appealable error by the learned High Court judge that warrants the appellate court's intervention.

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