Muhyiddin settles payment of RM1.4mil to Guan Eng pending libel appeal

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Lawyer Guok Ngek Seong says the former prime minister paid the balance of RM1 million yesterday.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/24/muhyiddin-settles-payment-of-rm1-4-mil-to-guan-eng-pending-libel-appeal/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/01/24/muhyiddin-lunas-saman-fitnah-rm1-4-juta-kepada-guan-eng/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #MuhyiddinYassin #LimGuanEng #Defamation

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00:00Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has settled in full the judgment sum of RM1.4 million,

00:07inclusive of costs, obtained by Lim Guan Ying against him in connection with a defamation suit

00:13over Yayasan Al-Bukhari's tax-exam status. Lim's lawyer, Kwok Ngik Siong, said the Pago MP paid

00:19the balance of RM1 million into his firm's client's account yesterday, ahead of the January 27 deadline.

00:27The first transfer of RM400,000 was paid last December. Muhyiddin obtained a conditional stay

00:33of the judgment from Justice Rosmawa Rozain on December 16, provided he makes the payments within

00:39the two months. The Bersatu president has filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal against both

00:45liability and quantum. On November 8, the High Court ruled in Lim's favour for RM1.35 million

00:52in damages and RM50,000 in costs, after ruling that Muhyiddin had defamed the former finance

00:58minister in statements published on Facebook in March last year. The statements claimed that Lim

01:05had instructed to cancel Yayasan Al-Bukhari's tax-exam status, caused the Inland Revenue Board

01:11to revoke the foundation's tax-exam status, as LHDN was under his purview at the time, and imposed

01:18a tax on the foundation. Rosmawa said the three statements made by Muhyiddin implied that Lim

01:24had abused his power against Muslims. Hanyu Jo, FMT News.

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