PUTRAJAYA, Sept 4 — Words used by veteran DAP lawmaker Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang in a 2019 article against former attorney general (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali had amounted to...
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 4 — Words used by veteran DAP lawmaker Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang in a 2019 article against former attorney general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali had amounted to positive assertion of the latter’s wrongdoing and guilt in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, the Court of Appeal heard today.
Reuben argued that the words were clear without any obfuscation, giving the impression that his client participated, encouraged, or assisted the offenders in the wrongdoings pertaining to the 1MDB scandal. He also argued the learned High Court judge had committed an error in law when she allowed the defendant’s reliance on conventional qualified privilege which was inapplicable in the current case.
She said the context of the entire article highlighted what her client believed was a dismal failure of personalities of power, including the plaintiff himself and former Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia in suppressing or investigating the 1MDB scandal. Sangeet also said she disagreed with the plaintiff’s submission that there is only one interpretation of the words “aid and abet” since the words were in fact an entire paragraph consisting of one continuous line.
Thus, she said the learned High Court judge was therefore fully justified in her acceptance of the Lesser Meaning assigned by the defendant, which warrants no appellate intervention whatsoever.
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