25 Jun 2025
Lee Siew Mei 1. ) Shereen Lim Binti Abdullah 2. ) Tan Wai Ping 3. ) Aida Phang Abdullah 4. ) Chew Chin Swee 5. ) Dato' Ngiam Foon
- Citation
- WA-23CY-25-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-23CY-25-04/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court found that two WhatsApp statements authored by Lee Siew Mei (Statement 1 dated 20.2.2019 and Statement 6 dated 14.4.2019) were defamatory of the claimants and were not protected by justification, fair comment or qualified privilege; other impugned publications were either not authored by Lee or were protected as fair comment; awarded general damages of RM50,000 to each of the five claimants in Suit 71; claims in Suit 24 and Suit 25 dismissed.