Court orders blogger to pay RM7m for slander

A High Court here has ordered blogger Yang Mulia Raja Petra Al Haj Bin Raja Kamarudin, the group chief editor and editor of Suara Keadilan to pay a total of RM7mil to Universiti Utara Malaysia and its vice-chancellor Tan Sri Dr Nordin Kardi for making slanderous remarks.

The damages to be paid to the plaintiffs were for claiming that Nordin plagiarised articles in the Malaysia Today website and the 98th edition of Suara Keadilan in November 2006.

Nordin and UUM had filed a lawsuit against Raja Petra, PKR, Suara Keadilan group chief editor and the editor.

THE STAR

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