Ex-Padang Serai MP fails to set aside damages in defamation suit


PUTRAJAYA: Former Padang Serai member of parliament N. Gobalakrishnan has failed in his bid to set aside the RM150,000 in damages awarded by the High Court to a couple who sued him for defamation.

A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal comprising Justices Datuk Lee Swee Seng, Datuk Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali and Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli dismissed Gobalakrishnan’s appeal on Thursday (May 2).

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