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- Nallakaruppan and Utusan retain most of their defence in Anwar’s defamation suit
- Tourism Ministry denies supporting beach party in Port Dickson
- "Geng Monyet" days about to be over
| Nallakaruppan and Utusan retain most of their defence in Anwar’s defamation suit Posted: 26 Dec 2012 06:16 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian United Indian Party president Senator Datuk S. Nallakaruppan and two others were allowed to retain most of their statements of defence in a RM100mil suit filed by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim against them. Nallakaruppan, Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd and its Editor-in-Chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Ishak had pleaded the defence of justification, qualified privilege and fair comment which were part of the opinion in the majority judgment of Anwar's 1998 sodomy case in the Federal Court. High Court Judicial Commissioner Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera Wednesday granted only a part of Anwar's application to strike out a portion of the defence statements by Nallakarupan, Utusan Melayu and Abdul Aziz. The only part, which was allowed to be struck out by the Judicial Commissioner, was the plea of justification. However, Vazeer allowed the defences of qualified privilege, fair comment and mitigation of damages to be retained. On March 26, the Opposition leader had filed the suit alleging Nallakaruppan had uttered defamatory words against him which were then published on the front page of the Utusan Malaysia daily on March 20. In his statement of claim, Anwar said the defamatory words included in the article were false, baseless, was published with ill intention and had tarnished his good name. Anwar is seeking RM100mil in general, aggravated and exemplary damages, cost and other relief deemed fit by the court. The High Court has set January 18, 2013 for case management. - Bernama Related Stories: |
| Tourism Ministry denies supporting beach party in Port Dickson Posted: 26 Dec 2012 05:55 AM PST PUTRAJAYA: The Tourism Ministry expressed its disappointment in a statement Wednesday, over the organisation of an entertainment event with negative elements in Port Dickson, near here last week. "The Ministry will not hesitate to take stern legal action against the company which misrepresented that it was supported by Tourism Malaysia," it said. "Neither the Ministry or Tourism Malaysia permitted the use of our logos for the event. "We will investigate the incident thoroughly to prevent any such activities from giving a negative perception to the public, particularly in view of the 2014 Visit Malaysia Year," it added. A recent tabloid report had stated that police managed to thwart the event known as 'Moon Soon Beach Party' by a beach in Port Dickson. The organisers had allegedly used the name of a famous hotel in Port Dickson and Tourism Malaysia to sell online tickets at RM165 per pax and also served alcohol. The police were tipped off by the public that several suspicious activities were taking place at the venue of the party. - Bernama |
| "Geng Monyet" days about to be over Posted: 26 Dec 2012 04:23 AM PST JOHOR BARU: The days of "Geng Monyet" are about to be over following the arrest of one of its members in Jalan Skudai here Wednesday. Police say the other members of the snatch theft gang should be rounded up soon. Johor Baru Utara acting police chief Supt Beh Eng Lai said the 25-year-old suspect was nabbed by policemen after he and five accomplices were involved in snatching a handphone from a factory worker in Kampung Pasir, Tampoi, here at 4.15am. "They came in three motorcycles and snatched a Samsung Galaxy Note from the 38-year-old woman who was heading to work in Singapore. "Policemen on patrol witnessed the incident and went after the suspects and one was caught after his motorcycle skidded," he told reporters here. He said police recovered the victim's handphone from the suspect and should round up the remaining members soon. He added that the suspect was released from prison last month after serving a five-year jail sentence for rape. Beh also said police had crippled another gang called "Gang Kogi Stulang" whose members were active in robbing laundry shop, cybercafes and hanphone shops in the city with the arrest of two suspects, aged 14 and 17, in Jalan Kebudayaan 16, Taman Universiti, Skudai, here on Sunday. - Bernama |
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