17 Jul 2020
CITY TEAM MEDIA SDN BHD SARAVANAN A/L MURUGAN
- Citation
- wa-23CY-47-11/2017 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- wa-23CY-47-11/2017 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
On the evidence the plaintiff proved publication and defamatory meaning for the first and third statements but the defendant successfully established the defence of justification in relation to the matters complained of (plaintiff's own articles contained untrue assertions admitted in evidence), the defendant's fair comment defence failed for non‑compliance with Order 78 r.3, the second alleged statement did not refer to the plaintiff and the defendant's counterclaim was dismissed for failure to plead the original Tamil words and to provide a proper certified translation; consequently both th…