Former AG's defamation lawsuit against Lim Kit Siang to be heard by Federal Court

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The Federal Court has scheduled a hearing on May 14 for former Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamad Apandi Ali's application to pursue his appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in dismissing his RM10 million defamation lawsuit against DAP veteran Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang.

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has set May 14 to hear former Attorney-General , Tan Sri Mohamad Apandi Ali ’s application, to obtain leave to pursue his appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in dismissing his RM10 million defamation lawsuit against DAP veteran, Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang .ADVERTISEMENT

In his suit, filed in 2019, Mohamed Apandi claimed that, on May 6, 2019, Lim had written and caused to be published an article titled “Dangerous fallacy to think Malaysia’s on the road to integrity”, in Malaysiakini.He said that the alleged libellous words in the article implied that he was involved in crime and had abetted in the 1MDB financial scandal, was a person with no morals and integrity, was unethical, and had abused his power when he was the AG.

Federal Court Attorney-General Defamation Lawsuit Court Of Appeal Appeal Tan Sri Mohamad Apandi Ali Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang

 

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