29 Apr 2025
Edwin a/l Sither 1. ) Karunakaran a/l Chatu 2. ) Azizul Annuar bin Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Adenan Satem 3. ) Menteri Belia dan Sukan 4. ) Pesuruhjaya Sukan Malaysia 5. ) Kerajaan Malaysia
- Citation
- WA-21NCvC-61-09/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-21NCvC-61-09/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Plaintiff failed to discharge the legal burden to prove defamation or conspiracy; plaintiff lacked standing as an unincorporated society to bring a defamation claim; communications at issue were statements of fact about non-registration under the Sports Development Act and were not defamatory on their plain, objective meaning; claims against ministerial defendants for breach of statutory duty were misconceived and should have been pursued by judicial review; impugned documents were not properly admitted as exhibits. Accordingly the writ claim was dismissed and counterclaim dismissed.