Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Truth/justification

Legal area

Court

24 Nov 2022

Premium Developer Sdn. Bhd. 1. ) SENG FOOK LEUNG, COLIN 2. ) MOH YUEN TENG

Citation

WA-23CY-63-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-23CY-63-11/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The email merely repeated true, public-domain information that the plaintiff was blacklisted for unpaid compounds and was therefore not defamatory; there was no proven malice and no evidence that the email caused UOB to refuse credit or the plaintiff's alleged losses, so the claim fails.
22 Jun 2020

DATO’ SERI ABDUL AZIZ BIN HAJI ALLA PICHAI (No. K/P: 721004-14-5347) PUVAMESWARAN A/L SOMANATHAN (No. K/P: 850626-14-6177)

Citation

WA-A53F-13-07/2019 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

WA-A53F-13-07/2019 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

The court found on the balance of probabilities that the video, images and WhatsApp posting were defamatory, referred to the plaintiff and were published to third parties; defendant failed to establish any valid defence; plaintiff was entitled to damages of RM30,000 with 5% per annum interest and costs RM5,000.