PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ordered Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor to pay an increased sum of damages of RM120,000 to former Pokok Sena Member of Parliament Datuk Mahfuz Omar for defamation.
This was after a three-member bench comprising Justices Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, Mariana Yahya and Wong Kian Kheong allowed Mahfuz's cross-appeal for the quantum of damages to be increased from RM50,000 to RM120,000.
In the court's decision, Justice Vazeer said that there was no error by the High Court judge in his findings on liability, but said that the quantum of damages awarded to Mahfuz by the High Court was low.Sanusi's lawyer, Yusfarizal Yussoff as well as Noorazmir Zakaria, representing Mahfuz, confirmed the Court of Appeal's decision when contacted by Bernama.
Mahfuz filed the suit on Oct 9, 2029, over a post made by Muhammad Sanusi on his Facebook account on July 30 the same year, linking Mahfuz as the Pokok Sena Member of Parliament to a matter involving the transfer of a Sports Toto outlet to the area.
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