Kedah MB ordered to pay increased damages of RM120,000 to Mahfuz for defamation


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ordered Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor to pay an increased sum of damages of RM120,000 to former Pokok Sena Member of Parliament Datuk Mahfuz Omar for defamation.

This was after a three-member bench comprising Justices Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, Mariana Yahya and Wong Kian Kheong allowed Mahfuz's cross-appeal for the quantum of damages to be increased from RM50,000 to RM120,000.

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