Sanusi ordered to pay RM70,000 more for defaming ex-MP
The Court of Appeal orders Kedah MB Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor to pay an increased sum of damages of RM120,000 to former Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar for defamation. - AFP pic, April 3, 2023.
This was after a three-member bench comprising 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 there was no error by the High Court judge in his findings on liability, but said the quantum of damages awarded to Mahfuz by the High Court was low.Sanusi’s lawyer, Yusfarizal Yussoff as well as Mahfuz’s lawyer Noorazmir Zakaria, confirmed the Court of Appeal’s decision.Yusfarizal said he would discuss with his client whether to file leave to appeal to the Federal Court.
The judicial commissioner also granted an injunction to restrain Sanusi or his agents from further publishing defamatory words against Mahfuz.
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