1949 Present : Canekeratne, Nagalingam and Basnayake JJ.

YAR, Appellant, and ONDATJI, Respondent.

S. C. 324-D. C. Colombo, 16,136.

Defamation-Monty alleged to be borrowed from Afghan by Government servant- Complaint to Head of Department-Innuendo-Privileged occasion- Malice.

Defendant, an Afghan money lender, wrote a lette