Mahfuz wins suit against Sanusi, awarded RM50,000 in damages

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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here ordered Kedah menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor today to pay RM50,000 in damages to Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar over a defamatory statement made on Facebook two years ago.

Judicial commissioner Mohd Arief Emran Arifin made the order after allowing a defamation suit filed by Mahfuz as the plaintiff against Sanusi as the defendant.

Lawyer Noorazmir Zakaria, who represented Mahfuz, said the court had ordered Sanusi to pay the damages within 14 days from today.

“The court also ordered the defendant (Sanusi) to write an apology to the plaintiff on the defendant’s Facebook page within 14 days, besides paying legal costs to the plaintiff amounting to RM15,000.

“Other orders imposed are an injunction restraining the defendant or his agents from publishing defamatory words against the plaintiff in the future,” he said when contacted by reporters via WhatsApp after the decision was announced via an online proceeding today.

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