Sultanah’s defamation lawsuit dismissed


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

In his brief decision, Judicial Commissioner Dr John Lee Kien How @ Mohd Johan Lee 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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