Hamid Sultan J:

[1]This is my judgment in respect of the decision to strike out the plaintiff's action pursuant to the jurisprudence advocated in the English Court of Appeal's decision in Jameel v Dow Jones & Co Inc Sulaihah binti Maimunni v UEM Builders Berhad & Anor Foo Yong v Pang Ee Seng & Anor

[2]I must say that this case though filed in the year 2007, came before me for the first case management on 5 October 2012. During the course of case management, learned counsel for the defendants informed me that on the same subject matter and facts, the plaintiff had also filed an action against other parties inclusive of newspaper publisher and the trial judge has dismissed the claim. The said judgment is reported as Dato Annas bin Khatib Jaafar v Datuk Manja Ismail & Ors

(1)The impugned article reported allegations of wrong doing and was not a conclusive finding of fault against the Management of Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia ('LKIM') save and except at the end where the comments of the plaintiff was sought in his capacity as director general of LKIM. The court was unable to find anything defamatory in relation to the plaintiff in respect of the matters raised in the impugned article (