The Court of Appeal today dismissed an appeal by Umno-owned newspaper Utusan Malaysia which was ordered to pay RM200,000 to former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim over a defamation suit.
However, the court ordered the interest to be charged from the date of judgment and not from the date of filing.
In his decision, Justice Prasad Sandosham said: "We are not with you (Utusan's) counsel."
He also ordered Utusan to pay RM5,000 costs.
The other judges with him are Justice Zabariah Mohd Yusof and Justice Asmabi Mohamad.
Anwar won his suit against Utusan and its chief editor Abdul Aziz Ishak in 2013, following the daily's publication, citing his interview with the BBC in 2012, that he supported lesbians, gays, transexuals and bisexuals.
The late Justice VT Singham, who delivered the decision before his retirement, took the daily to task for failing to practise responsible journalism.
Last year, Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Hue Siew Kheng ordered the daily to pay Anwar RM200,000 in damages.
[More to follow]
-Mkini
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