Defamation Cases In Malaysia 2018

In this case lee kong seng was sued for defamation for his defamatory statements posted in certain facebook public forums and on his own facebook page.

Defamation cases in malaysia 2018. In these cases the high court has granted damages between rm50 000 to rm100 000. Following the widely read post on 2017 cases this is my selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases from australia new zealand canada united states and england from the past year. In malaysia defamation can be both a civil and criminal offence. The defamation act does not define the word defamation.

The more important point to note is that the tort of defamation exists to protect not the person or the pocket but reputation of the person defamed. From peninsular malaysia. The infocomm media development authority imda has never filed any police report with regards to an article currently at the heart of a criminal defamation trial against toc chief editor terry xu and toc contributor daniel de costa. Criminal defamation is covered by chapter xxi sections 499 to 502 of the penal code.

For civil cases the relevant legislation is the defamation act 1957. The court dealt with numerous defamatory online postings that went viral. Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2018. By virtue of section 3 of the civil law act 1956 the common law of england as at 7 april 1956 in relation to defamation is applicable in malaysia.

Harbour radio 2018 qsc 201 australia. Most of these cases were related to cyber defamation. The number of cyber related tort cases filed in the kuala lumpur high court in 2018 increased to 60 over from over 50 cases. The more important point to note is that the tort of defamation exists to protect not the person or the pocket but reputation of the person defamed.

In these cases the high court has granted damages between rm50 000 to rm100 000. The court dealt with numerous defamatory online postings that went viral. Most of these cases were related to cyber defamation. In malaysia the recent case of gs realty sdn bhd v lee kong seng has set the precedent for the imposition of liability for third party comments.

The wagner case involved allegations that as owners. In the case of box 55 sociedad limitada ors v drive m7 sdn bhd 2018 mlju 1614 the court held that the factors above are not exhaustive. Government can sue individuals for defamation. In the case of box 55 sociedad limitada ors v drive m7 sdn bhd 2018 mlju 1614 the court held that the factors above are not exhaustive.

The number of cyber related tort cases filed in the kuala lumpur high court in 2018 increased to 60 over from over 50 cases.