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Guan Eng wins defamation suit against Chinese clan leader
Clan leader ordered to pay former finance minister RM75,000 in damages over defamatory statement.
Lim Guan Eng was the finance minister from 2018 to 2020 when businessman Chang Wei Lu made the defamatory remarks against him. (Bernama pic)
GEORGE TOWN: The High Court here has ordered a businessman to pay former finance minister Lim Guan Eng RM75,000 in damages and costs over defamatory remarks made against him five years ago.
Judicial commissioner Azizan Arshad also ordered a permanent injunction against Chang Wei Lu from making defamatory statements against Lim in the future.
In 2019, Chang insinuated that Lim was behind the Inland Revenue Board’s (LHDN) push for RM2.4 million in tax arrears from him.
Lim was the finance minister in the Pakatan Harapan administration from 2018 to 2020, while Chang is the former Penang Chinese Clan Council chairman and a Zhang clan leader.
Chang’s remarks were subsequently published in two Chinese dailies. Lim pursued separate legal actions against the dailies and was awarded RM150,000 in damages in 2022.
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GEORGE TOWN: The High Court here has ordered a businessman to pay former finance minister Lim Guan Eng RM75,000 in damages and costs over defamatory remarks made against him five years ago.
Judicial commissioner Azizan Arshad also ordered a permanent injunction against Chang Wei Lu from making defamatory statements against Lim in the future.
In 2019, Chang insinuated that Lim was behind the Inland Revenue Board’s (LHDN) push for RM2.4 million in tax arrears from him.
Lim was the finance minister in the Pakatan Harapan administration from 2018 to 2020, while Chang is the former Penang Chinese Clan Council chairman and a Zhang clan leader.
Chang’s remarks were subsequently published in two Chinese dailies. Lim pursued separate legal actions against the dailies and was awarded RM150,000 in damages in 2022.
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