KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The High Court here today fixed April 2 to 6 for the hearing of a RM30 million defamation suit filed by Penang Umno Liaison chief Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman against Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over his statement which associated him with a demonstration and an attempt to set the Penang DAP headquarters on fire.
Justice Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah set the date in her chambers in the presence of Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos, counsel for Zainal Abidin, and lawyer Latheefa Koya who represented the defendant.
Zainal Abidin, 51, filed the suit on Oct 24. Apart from Lim who is DAP secretary-general, the other defendants named were Parti Keadilan Rakyat as the owner of the electronic news website Keadilan Daily and newspaper Suara Keadilan, Segmen Fleksibel Sdn Bhd as the publishing company of Keadilan Daily and Suara Keadilan, and its chief sub-editor, Fazallah Pit.
In his statement of claim, Zainal Abidin alleged that on July 3, Lim had released a press statement through email and later published in Keadilan Daily on July 3 and by Suara Keadilan on July 5.
Zainal Abidin said Lim''s statement, among others, meant that he was purportedly involved in trying to overthrowing the Penang Chief Minister through illegal means as well as concealing his involvement in a demonstration at Komtar and the Penang Bridge on July 1.
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He said that on Aug 18, Lim issued another hurtful statement in front a group of journalists which was published on the news website of The Malaysian Insider on the same day. Zainal Abidin said, among others, the statements inferred him as planning to sabotage the DAP party premises in Penang and that he was involved in stirring an attempt to set the premises on fire.
He said as a result of the statement, his reputation had been damaged and it affected his party''s trust in him.
Zainal Abidin is seeking RM30 million in compensation, interest, cost and other relief deemed appropriate by the court and an injunction to prevent all the defendants from continuing to issue or publish the defamatory statements.
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Justice Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah set the date in her chambers in the presence of Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos, counsel for Zainal Abidin, and lawyer Latheefa Koya who represented the defendant.
Zainal Abidin, 51, filed the suit on Oct 24. Apart from Lim who is DAP secretary-general, the other defendants named were Parti Keadilan Rakyat as the owner of the electronic news website Keadilan Daily and newspaper Suara Keadilan, Segmen Fleksibel Sdn Bhd as the publishing company of Keadilan Daily and Suara Keadilan, and its chief sub-editor, Fazallah Pit.
In his statement of claim, Zainal Abidin alleged that on July 3, Lim had released a press statement through email and later published in Keadilan Daily on July 3 and by Suara Keadilan on July 5.
Zainal Abidin said Lim''s statement, among others, meant that he was purportedly involved in trying to overthrowing the Penang Chief Minister through illegal means as well as concealing his involvement in a demonstration at Komtar and the Penang Bridge on July 1.
-- MORE
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He said that on Aug 18, Lim issued another hurtful statement in front a group of journalists which was published on the news website of The Malaysian Insider on the same day. Zainal Abidin said, among others, the statements inferred him as planning to sabotage the DAP party premises in Penang and that he was involved in stirring an attempt to set the premises on fire.
He said as a result of the statement, his reputation had been damaged and it affected his party''s trust in him.
Zainal Abidin is seeking RM30 million in compensation, interest, cost and other relief deemed appropriate by the court and an injunction to prevent all the defendants from continuing to issue or publish the defamatory statements.
-- BERNAMA
source: yahoo news
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