KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 ― The Federal Court today dismissed an appeal filed by news portaland ordered the media company to pay RM550,000 in compensation to Raub Australian Gold Mining in a defamation suit brought against the former.
The majority judgment in favour of dismissing Malaysiakini’s appeal was read by fellow bench member Datuk Abdul Rahman Sebli. Other members of the bench on the majority side were Puan Sri Zaleha Yusof and Dauk Seri Hasnah Mohammed Hashim.“Malaysiakini will not be seeking public donations in view of the economic downturn due to Covid-19. The news portal will be using its legal defence fund. It had raised RM350,000 to pay RAGM in 2018,” the news portal said.
“In an earlier decision involving a lawsuit filed by the gold mine company against the villagers, this same court, in delivering victory to the villagers, said they have the right to express their concerns over the gold mining.