Khalid Abdul Samad and KiniTV Sdn Bhd are granted leave by the Court of Appeal to pursue their appeals to seek costs from Tajuddin Abdul Rahman whose defamation lawsuit was dismissed by the High Court. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 7, 2022.
Khalid’s counsel, Sankara Narayan Nair, and KiniTV’s lawyer, K. Shanmuga, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed the matter. According to him, New Straits Times Press Bhd did not file the application for leave to seek costs. Tajuddin filed the suit on April 26, 2017, claiming that Khalid had allegedly uttered defamatory statements as well as used curse words against him at two media conferences held by Khalid at the Parliament lobby on November 21 and 21, 2016.
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