Chew Mei Fun wins defamation suit, gets RM350,000 in damages from Tony Pua and Yeo Bee Yin


SHAH ALAM: The High Court here has awarded RM350,000 to former MCA secretary-general Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun in damages after she won a defamation lawsuit against former Damansara MP Tony Pua and former energy, science, technology, environment and climate change minister Yeo Bee Yin.

High Court judge Justice Roslan Abu Bakar ordered Pua to pay RM200,000 and Yeo to pay RM150,000 to Chew in general and aggravated damages.

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