PUTRAJAYA: A senior police officer was given another chance to appeal a 10-year jail term and RM42mil fine imposed on him by the Court of Appeal for money laundering offences involving RM3.35mil.
Monday, 03 May 2021 04:47 PM MYT
In 2018, High Court judge Judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim allowed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s defamation lawsuit against TV3 after finding that the television station had failed to practice responsible journalism when it did not seek verification on the authenticity of the news before airing it in its Buletin Utama on March 2, 2013. ― Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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PUTRAJAYA, May 3 Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will only get a global sum of RM600,000 in general and aggravated damages instead of RM1.1 million in his defamation suit against TV3 for linking him to the Lahad Datu intrusion in Sabah in 2013.
Appeals court reduces damages awarded to Anwar in defamation suit against TV3 03 May 2021 / 16:44 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will only get a global sum of RM600,000 in general and aggravated damages instead of RM1.1 million in his defamation suit against TV3 for linking him to the Lahad Datu intrusion in Sabah in 2013.
This follows a decision today by a Court of Appeal three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Has Zanah Mehat to reduce the quantum of damages by setting aside the High Court’s award of RM250,000 each in aggravated and exemplary damages to the Port Dickson Member of Parliament.