PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Federal Court has postponed the hearing of an appeal by Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd and its former journalist in a defamation suit filed against them by veteran lawyer Manjeet Singh Dhillon, as a counsel representing one of the appellants is under Covid-19 self-imposed quarantine.
Lawyer Datuk Wong Rhen Yen, representing the second appellant Utusan Melayu, sought an adjournment of the appeal hearing as the counsel for the first appellant, former journalist Raja Syahrir Abu Bakar, is under self-imposed quarantine for 14 days.
"The hearing will be heard together with another appeal by news portal Malaysiakini as instructed earlier," Justice Vernon added. Then High Court judge Justice Nor Bee Arifin ordered Utusan Melayu and Raja Syahrir to pay a total of RM200,000 in damages and Gobalakrishnan RM150,000 in damages for defaming Manjeet.On March 13, 2018, the Court of Appeal reversed the High Court's decision and ordered TV3 to pay RM200,000 in damages to Manjeet Singh. TV3 did not appeal against this decision.
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