HIGH COURT (KUALA LUMPUR)
ZABARIAH MOHD J
CIVIL SUIT NO S-23NCVC-5 OF 2011
13 August 2011
Shafee Abdullah (Azad Basher with him) (Shafee & Co) for the plaintiff.
William Leong (William Leong & Co) for the defendant.
[1]The plaintiff’s cause of action against the defendant is based on libel and that the plaintiff is claiming for general, special, aggravated and punitive damages and interest. The plaintiff also prays for mandatory and prohibitory injunction compelling the defendant or his agents to remove the libelous words or words to that effect from his blog site and also to restrain the defendant or his agents from further publishing or caused to be published the said libelous words in his blog.
BACKGROUND FACTS
[2]The plaintiff is a senior politician who is renowned locally and internationally. He is a qualified lawyer and currently is a Member of Parliament of Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan from the United Malay National Organisation (‘UMNO’) which is the backbone of the ruling coalition of the Barisan Nasional (‘BN’). He holds or has held in the federal and national level in Malaysia spanning over a period of 30 years under five Prime Ministers of Malaysia. He has served as Cabinet Minister under the various portfolios as stated in para 1 of the statement of claim.
[3]The defendant is a blogger and a committee member of the youth wing of a political party known as the Parti Keadilan Rakyat for the 2007–2010 session, who has set up a blog located on the world wide website under the title ‘Sharpshooter’ (‘the defendant’s Blog’).
[4]It is not disputed that the defendant’s blog is accessible to the public at large and the users of the world wide website by means of internet connection at the following uniform resource locator addressed at http://sharpshooterblogger.blogspot.com/.
[5]On or about 28 December 2010, the defendant caused to be published in the defendant’s blog at http://sharpshooterblogqer.blogspot.com/, an article under the heading ‘Hei Pak Menteri… mana mau lari …’ with the photograph of the plaintiff prominently displayed at the top left hand corner of the same containing the following words which the plaintiff claims to be false and/or malicious and defamatory of the plaintiff:
(a)Hei Pak Menteri … mana mahu lari …
(b)Kisah seorang pembantu rumah Indonesia dirogol oleh majikannya yang merupakan seorang menteri bermula apabila sebuah badan kebajikan dan hak asasi manusia, Migrant Care, menerima sepucuk surat aduan daripada adik mangsa.
(c)Surat tanpa tarikh yang ditaip dengan mesin taip biasa itu mendakwa kakaknya yang bernama Robengah telah diperkosa oleh seorang Menteri Kerajaan Malaysia beberapa kali.
(d)Kakak saya telah diperkosa oleh majikannya Pak Menteri beberapa kali. Hingga satu hari tanggal 19/02/07, kuasa Allah perbuatan kejinya telah terlihat oleh Datin isterinya yang sangat baik melayan semua pembantu rumah. Datin telah hantar kakak saya pulang ke Indonesia keesokannya, tanggal 20/02/07, cerita adik mangsa kepada badan yang menjaga kebajikan pekerja Indonesia yang bekerja di luar negeri itu.
(e)Tolong kami Pak. Bersihkan kehormatan wanita Indonesia yang mencari rezeki buat anak-anak yang sekolah. Apakah memperkosa pembantu rumah pekerja asing yang tak bisa baca dan tak bisa tulis, adalah satu budaya orang kenamaan di Malaysia, rayu adik mangsa dalam surat aduan itu.
(f)Tolong bapak rahsiakan alamat kakak saya kerana Pak Menteri itu punya banyak wang dan kenalan di Indonesia. Khuatir nanti keluarga kakak saya akan di apa-apakan seperti kasus Altantuya di Malaysia, tulis adik mangsa itu lagi.
(g)Dalam perbualan telefon itulah, Robengah mengaku diperkosa majikannya. Tetapi beliau meminta sangat-sangat isu pemerkosaannya itu tidak diperbesarkan kerana dia malu dan takut
(h)Maklumlah, dia hanya orang kecil sedangkan Pak Menteri itu orang besar dan berpengaruh.
(i)Robengah kali ini juga meminta agar ia tidak diperbesarkan namun dia mengesahkan telah diperkosa menjelang pulang ke kampong halamannya.
(j)Menurut adiknya, kali terakhir Robengah diperkosa pada 19 Februari 2007 dan kejadian ini telah terbongkar apabila dilihat sendiri oleh isteri menteri ini.
(k)Dokumen kes pemerkosaan ini dikatakan telah sampai ke Kedutaan Indo
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