JUDGMENT

Mohd Arief Emran Arifin JC:

A. Introduction

[1] The plaintiff, a well-known politician, claims that he was defamed by the statements made by the defendant, another well-known politician, published in the Facebook account of the latter, which bears the name of Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor.

[2] The plaintiff alleged that the defendant had published the following words that appeared in the said Facebook account:

"Sejak menjadi pemimpin PAN dan PH, dihadiahkan jawatan Timbalan Menteri, sensitiviti terhadap judi dan premis perjudian pun hilang, pudar bersama maruah dan kebolehpercayaan.

Tukar parti saja kan - bukan tukar agama pun ... kata mereka itu mewajarkan pengkhianatan ...

Kini mereka berkhidmat pula kepada pengundi mereka apabila bermudah- mudahan dengan kemasukan premis sport toto ke Kawasan yang majoritinya adalah umat Islam ... Talkinkan saja jiwamu, hiduplah dengan jasad yang makin kerepot ..."

This statement appears together with two pictures in the said Facebook account.

[3] As I have stated earlier, the plaintiff alleges that the above statement in particular the following statement were defamatory and damages his reputation:

"Sejak menjadi pemimpin PAN dan PH, dihadiahkan jawata