Court dismisses defamation lawsuit by Terengganu Sultanah against Rewcastle-Brown


Terengganu’s Sultanah Nur Zahirah (left) and Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Terengganu's Sultanah Nur Zahirah against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown and two others.

Judicial Commissioner Dr John Lee Kien How @ Mohd Johan Lee, in his brief decision, said the court did not find defamatory imputation from the statements made in the book, "The Sarawak Report – The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose".

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