Guan Eng wins defamation suit against Zuraida

2026-03-05 - 08:04

Lim Guan Eng sued former housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin and MalaysiaNow’s publisher and editor for defamation over a report alleging he had twice rejected a housing project for former plantation workers in Bestari Jaya. PETALING JAYA: Ex-finance minister Lim Guan Eng has won a defamation suit against his former Cabinet colleague Zuraida Kamaruddin for alleging that he had twice rejected a housing project for former plantation workers in Bestari Jaya. The Shah Alam High Court ruled that Zuraida, news portal MalaysiaNow’s publisher MNow Media Sdn Bhd, and editor Abdar Rahman Koya had failed to establish the defences raised. Lim’s solicitors, SN Nair & Partners, said the court awarded the Bagan MP RM50,000 in global damages against all three defendants. “The court granted an injunction restraining further publication of the defamatory statements and ordered the defendants to pay RM5,000 in costs to the plaintiff (Lim),” it said in a statement. MORE TO COME