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Court bins Jamal Yunos’ bid to strike out Yeo Bee Yin’s defamation suit

Friday, 07 Aug 2020 06:58 PM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The High Court today dismissed an application by Sungai Besar Umno Division chief Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos to strike out a defamation suit filed by former energy, science, technology, environment and climate change minister Yeo Bee Yin in connection with the Yayasan Warisan Anak Selangor fund.

Jamal filed the application to strike out the suit on June 25 on grounds that it was premature as investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission was still going on. In the statement of claim, Yeo, who is also Bakri MP, claimed that Jamal had issued a defamatory statement on March 21, 2017, and that the statement was also published by several newspapers, news portals and on Jamal’s Facebook account.

 

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