Sungai Siput MP ordered to pay RM80,000 in damages to former aide


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ordered Sungai Siput MP S. Kesavan to pay RM80,000 in damages to his former parliamentary research officer Indrani Ramasamy for defamation.

A three-member panel, comprising Justices Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said, Datuk Hashim Hamzah and Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah made the ruling after allowing Indrani's appeal of the High Court decision which dismissed her suit against Kesavan.

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