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MCA vs Lip Eng: Apex court rules political parties can't sue for defamation
The Federal Court seven-member bench has ruled that political parties cannot sue individuals for defamation.
Court of Appeal President Rohana Yusuf, who chaired the bench, said the court had answered in the negative a legal question posed by Kepong Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng to strike out a defamation lawsuit which was filed against him by MCA,
The question is whether a political party can maintain a suit for defamation in the light of the decision in Goldsmith v Bhoyrul (1998), an English case law which provided that political parties cannot be claimants in defamation suits...
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