PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has quashed the appeal by National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) and its chairman, Salleh Ismail, against the dismissal of their defamation suit against former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli over alleged misuse of government funds.
Chief Judge of Malaya Azahar Mohamed said Rafizi, a PKR vice-president, had successfully raised the defence of fair comment to defeat the suit.
“He is entitled to express freely on a matter of public interest,” said Azahar, who delivered the unanimous judgment today.
The other members of the bench were Zaleha Yusof and Zabariah Mohd Yusof.
Azahar said Rafizi had also relied on certain undisputed bank documents to make an honest opinion about NFC and Salleh.
“There was also no malice on the part of the respondent (Rafizi) and he was entitled to make a fair comment,” he said, adding that Rafizi could not be held liable.
Rafizi, who was represented by Razlan Hadri Zulkifli and Ranjit Singh, was also awarded RM70,000 in costs.
Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah represented NFCorp and Salleh.
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