Lim ordered to pay Abdul Azeez RM250k for defamation

PUTRAJAYA: Lim Guan Eng has been ordered to pay RM250,000 in general damages to former Baling MP Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim for defamation by the Court of Appeal.

A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Azizah Nawawi, Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya and Datuk Azimah Omar also ordered the former Penang chief minister, as the respondent, to pay RM70,000 in costs to Abdul Azeez.

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