WWW1: Utusan told to pay Nizar damages
The Kuala Lumpur Civil High Court today ordered Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd to pay former Perak menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin damages in a defamation suit he filed against the newspaper publisher last July.
His lawyer, Mohd Zamri Ibrahim, said the court made an interlocutary decision today as Utusan was not represented at the case hearing.
In view of that, Mohd Zamri said court registrar Mazuliana Abdul Rashid instructed him to file an assessment of damages which is to be claimed from Utusan.
It is understood that Utusan is no longer entitled to appeal the decision, but is allowed to apply to set aside today's decision as it was made in its absence.
Mohd Zamri said the court w! ill decide on another suit by Nizar (left) against Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (TV3), regarding the same case, on Sept 19.
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