Ex-AG Apandi appeals after losing defamation suit to Kit Siang over article on 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 - Former attorney-general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali has filed an appeal against the High Court’s recent dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against DAP MP Lim Kit Siang over a 2019 article alleging his abetment in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal.

"We have filed the appeal. It was filed on the 24.5.2022. Duly served on the solicitors for the defendant,” he told Malay Mail. On May 23, High Court judge Datuk Azimah Omar ruled that Lim was not liable for defamation, ruling that the Iskandar Puteri MP was justified in raising the 1MDB scandal and that he had succeeded in proving his defence of fair comment and qualified privilege.

The judge also said Lim was justified in questioning Mohamed Apandi’s attitude on 1MDB and subsequent exoneration in a January 26, 2016 press conference of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak of any criminal wrongdoings, and that it was also him who had marked the case as"No Further Action” against the recommendations of investigators of a task force then.

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