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Defamation suit: Farmer, The Star ordered to pay Perak rep RM320k
Sungkai state assemblyperson A Sivanesan has won RM320,000 in damages in his defamation suit against a farmer as well as English daily The Star and its journalist.
The High Court in Shah Alam ordered Poh Wai Sheng, a farmer from Kampung Baharu Kuala Bikam in Perak, to pay RM50,000 in damages.
The Star Media Group and its writer Foong Pek Yee were ordered to...
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