: Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd which runs news portal, Malaysiakini paid the RM500,000 fine imposed by the Federal Court which found the company guilty of contempt of court over the publication of readers’ comments.
He said the company’s chief executive officer, Premesh Chandran personally went to the Palace of Justice to pay the fine.Mkini Dotcom was fined RM500,000 by a seven-member panel led by Court of Appeal president, Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf for contempt of court for facilitating the publication of five readers’ comments.
The other judges who concurred with the majority decision were Chief Judge of Malaya, Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed; Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Datuk Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Federal Court judges, Datuk Seri Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat and Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli.
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