00:00Past MP Siti Mastura Mohamad has just lost her appeal and now has to pay RM750,000
00:07over a defamation case involving DAP leaders Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng, and Teresa Kok.
00:14A three-member bench chaired by Justice Ahmad Kamal Shahid with Justices Everall Marriott
00:19Peters and Latifah Tahar unanimously dismissed her appeal. Delivering the decision, Kamal
00:25said the court found no merit in her appeal and upheld the Penang High Court's December 4, 2024, judgment in
00:32full.
00:33The panel also dismissed the trio's cross-appeal on the quantum of damages, which they contended was
00:39inadequate and made no order as to cause for both appeal and cross-appeal. Siti Mastura was found to
00:46have defamed the three leaders by linking them to former Communist Party of Malaya leader Jinping
00:51through alleged family ties during a political speech in Kemaman, Cungganu on November 4, 2023.
00:59The Penang High Court had awarded RM300,000 to Kit Siang, RM250,000 to Guan Eng, RM200,000 to Kok,
01:08and ordered Siti Mastura to pay RM25,000 in cost to each plaintiff with 5% annual interest.
01:15Anu Joong, FMT
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