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Malaysia Case Law

Identification/meaning
  • 4 Dec 2023

    SATEES A/L MUNIANDY SETHUBATHI A/L MANIAM

    Citation
    PA-12B-19-07/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
    Court
    High Court
    Case number
    PA-12B-19-07/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    On the balance of probabilities the appellant failed to prove the crucial identification element: the impugned posts when read in context referred ambiguously to family/company/other persons and not to the appellant personally; publication and defamatory meaning were considered but identification deficiency defeated the claim; Sessions Court findings were not shown to be perverse and were affirmed, so the appeal is dismissed.