KUCHING: The High Court here has ordered Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen to pay RM500,000 in damages and costs to Deputy Premier Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian over defamatory remarks involving Covid-19 food relief funds in 2020.
Judge Alwi Abdul Wahab, who delivered the judgment on Monday (Dec 22), allowed Dr Sim's claim that Chong's Facebook posts on the matter were maliciously published and calculated to injure his reputation.
