29 Aug 2024
TIONG YONG JIE STANLEY LEE JIAN XUN
- Citation
- BA-12BCY-1-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- BA-12BCY-1-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
When the Defendant's message is read in full and against the preceding exchange, it does not impute dishonesty, criminality or moral failing and would not lower the Plaintiff's reputation in the eyes of ordinary community members; the Plaintiff failed to prove actual reputational harm on the balance of probabilities; alternatively the communication was protected by qualified privilege and fair comment; appellate interference is unwarranted as the trial judge's findings were not plainly wrong.