Court advises Khalid Samad, FMT to settle defamation suit amicably


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court here on Monday (Sept 21) advised that the defamation suit filed by former Federal Territories minister Khalid Abdul Samad (pic) against online news portal, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) and its former editor-in-chief, be settled amicably.

The suit was over a defamatory article involving the post of the eighth prime minister between former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

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