The government can sue and be sued for defamation — Matilda James

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MAY 1 — Five years ago, in the case of Chong Chieng Jen v Government of State of Sarawak & Anor [2019] 3 MLJ 300, the Federal Court held that the government has a statutory right...

MAY 1 — Five years ago, in the case of Chong Chieng Jen v Government of State of Sarawak & Anor 3 MLJ 300, the Federal Court held that the government has a statutory right to sue under Section 3 of the Government Proceeding Act 1956 .

This departs Malaysia from the common law principle established in the case of Derbyshire Country Council v Times Newspaper Ltd & Ors AC 534.

It was also prevented that even though common law countries have received the Derbyshire principle, its law is not monolithic, since statutory provisions can always repeal it.

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