Kuala Lumpur: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh today said she has been validated after a former lecturer who had accused her of exploiting race and religion for political expediency chose to drop his lawsuit.

PETALING JAYA: The statement that DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang is a cousin of the late Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) leader Chin Peng is based on political sources which are believed to be legitimate, claims Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura Muhammad.

GEORGE TOWN: Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura Muhammad says she will seek legal advice after the circulation of a fake poster seeking donations to cover the cost of defamation suits brought by DAP leaders.

PETALING JAYA: Former Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy has filed a defamation suit against controversial Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik for allegedly referring to him as “the biggest enemy of Islam”.

PETALING JAYA: Clare Rewcastle Brown has started a fundraising campaign to pay the damages awarded by the appellate court to Terengganu’s Sultanah Nur Zahirah, even as the Sarawak Report editor plans to appeal the decision.

PETALING JAYA: The Melaka sessions court has ordered state executive councillor Dr Akmal Saleh to pay RM45,000 in damages to his elder brother after finding him liable for defamation.

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has awarded RM300,000 in damages to Terengganu’s Sultanah Nur Zahirah after finding Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown and two others liable for defamation.

Kuala Lumpur: The trial of Najib Razak’s defamation suit over alleged defamatory statements contained in Tommy Thomas’s memoir, “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness”, is set to commence in September next year.