Guan Eng loses defamation appeal against MCA veep, The Star

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A three-member Court of Appeal bench finds no merit in the appeal, saying the matter was one of public interest.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/06/guan-eng-loses-defamation-appeal-against-mca-veep-the-star/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #LimGuanEng #TanTeikCheng #SJKCKuekHoYao

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00:00The Court of Appeal has affirmed the High Court's dismissal of a defamation suit brought

00:05by Lim Guan Eng against MCA Vice President Tan Teck Cheng and the Star Media Group.

00:11A three-member bench led by Justice Cee Mee Chun said there was no merit in Lim's appeal.

00:17The court also ordered Lim to pay Tan and the Star Media Group 30,000 ringgit and 40,000

00:21ringgit in costs, respectively.

00:24Justice Ahmad Kamal Shahid said a reasonable man would assume that an explanation would

00:28be forthcoming from Lim on the issue of funding for SJKC Kwek Hoyao and the change in the

00:33school's name.

00:35In June last year, the High Court dismissed Lim's suit, which concerned an opinion piece

00:39that Tan wrote in the Star during the Johor state polls in 2022.

00:43In the suit, Lim alleged that Tan had made a false claim, which questioned the former

00:47finance minister's motives for allocating 4 million ringgit to SJKC Kwek Hoyao during

00:52the state elections.

00:54Tan also said he had been reliably informed that the school had, in return for the allocation,

00:58agreed to incorporate the name of a housing development into its name.

01:02The school is now known as SJKC Kwek Hoyao at EcoSpring, but retains its existing name

01:07in Mandarin.

01:08Dhanesh Rajareza, FMT News.

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