Ahmadi Asnawi JCA:

[1] In this judgment, the parties will be referred to as they were in the court below.

[2] The plaintiff is a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Act 1965 , and is the registered owner and licence holder of Lincoln University College ("LUC").

[3] The 1st defendant is the owner of an online news portal www.antdaily.com., established by the 2nd defendant.

[4] The 3rd defendant is the writer working for the 1st and 2nd defendants.

[5] The 3rd defendant wrote an article entitled "Paid Holiday Part Of MMC Evaluation Visit" and the article was published in antdaily website on 29 August 2013.

[6] The full purport of the said article is reproduced below:

"Paid Holiday Part Of MMC Evaluation Visit.

Shah Alam: Making official trips abroad for the purpose of approving offshore medical programs seems to also translate to 'paid' holidays for some as further allegations of corruption were brought to the attention of the antdaily.

The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) visited three Ukrainian Universities in 2011 to approve offshore medical programs for local private institution Lincoln University (LUC). The official trip which involved three people was from F