Lim Guan Eng wins appeal to reinstate award for damages for defamation by Perkasa


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Federal Court has reinstated the High Court's decision ordering Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) and its president Datuk Ibrahim Ali to pay RM150,000 in damages to former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic) for defamation.

In a 2-1 majority decision, the three-member bench led by Federal Court judge Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan allowed Lim's appeal to set aside the Court of Appeal's decision which had overturned the High Court's ruling.

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