Defamation Cases In Malaysia 2017

Synergy promenade filed a suit in june 2018 against shahrir abdul samad for allegedly issuing several defamatory statements between december 2017 and march 2018.

Defamation cases in malaysia 2017. Kuala lumpur feb 26. Singapore s issues cannot be compared with malaysia s fiasco. And since cases of online defamation are reportedly on the rise in malaysia the study attempts to examine the effectiveness of the existing laws in regulating such a threat to the society. A victory for all journalists in malaysia.

September 19 2017 1 37 pm et. Case law elaw s digital library houses more than 80 000 judgments from the industrial court high court court of appeal and federal supreme court of malaysia dating all the. That the article was referring to the plaintiff that the article was. Online news portal malaysiakini has won against a defamation suit filed by gold mine company raub.

The high court today. Was successful before a jury in the high court the case was appealed to the irish supreme court on grounds that the damages awarded at first instance eur 1 872 000 were excessive. In 2017 shehbaz sharif sent a rs10 billion defamation notice to pti chairman imran khan. During case management today high court justice datuk mohd firuz jaffril set sept 6 as the next hearing date.

The notice which had been filed under sections 4 and 9 of the defamation ordinance. Bernama november 30 2017 5 17 pm. 62 new covid 19 cases highest since june 4. In relation thereof this study will analyze the provisions of the malaysian defamation act 1957 and relevant decided cases on this matter.

Elaw my is malaysia s largest database of court judgments and legislation streamlined in a powerful yet user friendly engine for busy legal professionals like yourself. Camila domonoske twitter. The high court has ordered selangor pas youth chief syarhan humaizi abdul halim to pay seputeh mp teresa kok rm80 000 in damages for the publication of an article on his facebook account justice datuk mohd firuz jaffril said the act by syarhan the defendant met the three elements of defamation. Now the 2nd circuit has overturned the lower court s ruling and called for the defamation case to move forward.