Former editor-in chief of The Edge charged with criminal defamation


PETALING JAYA: The former editor-in-chief of The Edge has been charged at the Magistrate's Courts here with two counts of criminal defamation over two reports published in 2020 and 2021.

Ahmad Azam Mohd Aris, 61, was accused of defaming DGB Asia Bhd and its executive director Datuk Kua Khai Shyuan by publishing an article in its weekly edition of The Edge Malaysia, dated Sept 21-27, 2020.

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