25 Jun 2025
1. ) AIDA PHANG BINTI ABDULLAH 2. ) TAN WAI PING 3. ) SHEREEN LIM BINTI ABDULLAH 4. ) CHEW CHIN SWEE 5. ) DATO' NGIAM FOON LEE SIEW MEI
- Citation
- WA-23CY-71-12/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- WA-23CY-71-12/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court found that two of the impugned WhatsApp communications (Statement 1 and Statement 6) bore defamatory imputations against identified plaintiffs and that the defendant failed to establish justification, fair comment or qualified privilege for those statements due to lack of corroborative evidence and reckless publication; other challenged statements were not found defamatory or were protected by fair comment; consequentially plaintiffs in Suit 71 were awarded injunctive relief, withdrawal/apology, undertakings and general damages RM50,000 each with interest and costs, while claims in Suit…