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Deputy minister Mahfuz Omar to pay RM200,000 for defaming NGO leader

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Lawyer Faiz Fadzil, who represented Mahfuz, says the payment could exceed RM200,000 as it includes interest.

PUTRAJAYA: Amanah vice-president and Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar will have to pay RM200,000 in damages to former NGO leader Hasan Mohamed Ali for defamation.

Lawyer Faiz Fadzil, who represented Mahfuz, told FMT a three-member bench led by acting Chief Justice Ahmad Maarop dismissed the leave aplication with RM10,000 in costs. The High Court, in December 2015, awarded RM200,000 to Hasan, also a former PAS leader, who was sacked from the party in 2011.

 

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