Zul katak mohon maaf kepada Syed Husin...

Kes saman malu Dr Syed Husin Ali terhadap Datuk Zulkifli Noordin dan Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd selesai selepas kedua-dua defendan bersetuju meminta maaf dan menarik balik dua artikel bertajuk "Zul Noordin nafi dakwaan Syed Husin" dan "Anjing-Anjing Pencen".

Bekas timbalan presiden PKR itu mengemukakan saman RM10 juta ke atas Zulkifli kerana menulis artikel tersebut di blognya yang kemudian disiarkan Utusan Malaysia.

"Zulkifli Noordin setuju kenyataan fitnah beliau di bawah tajuk 'Anjing-Anjing Pencen' di blog beliau bertarikh 19 November, 2011 ditarik balik sepenuhnya dan beliau akan meminta maaf terhadap penggunaan perkataan 'Anjing-Anjing Pencen' kepada Dr Syed Husin Ali," kata peguam yang mewakili Syed Husin.

Zulkifli juga bersetuju untuk membayar kos guaman yang tidak didedahkan kepada Syed Husin.

Sementara itu, Utusan Malaysia juga menarik semula artikel bertajuk "Zul Noordin nafi dakwaan Syed Husin" bertarikh 20 November, 2011 dan juga akan membayar suatu amaun kos kepada plaintif.

Zulkifli juga menarik balik saman beliau mengikut Saman No 23NCVC-1014-08/2012 terhadap Syed Husin tanpa kos.

Syed Husin diwakili peguam N Surendran dan Latheefa Koya.

Sementara Zulkifli diwakili Mohd Ruzaini sementara Utusan Malaysia diwakili Datuk Firoz Hussein (Tetuan Hafarizam).

Pada awal Januari 2012, Syed Husin menuntut ganti rugi berjumlah RM10 juta, ganti rugi teladan, faedah, kos dan relif lain dan juga satu perintah injunksi bagi menghalang defendan daripada menerbitkan lebih lanjut perkataan fitnah yang sama terhadapnya.

Dalam tuntutan itu, Syed Husin mendakwa Utusan Malaysia secara palsu dan dengan niat jahat mencetak dan menerbitkan perkataan fitnah terhadapnya dalam artikel di akhbar milik Umno itu bertarikh 20 November, 2011, berjudul "Zul Noordin nafi dakwaan Syed Husin".

Syed Husin berkata, Zulkifli dalam blog peribadinya menerbitkan semula artikel yang sama tetapi atas tajuk yang lain iaitu "Anjing-anjing Pencen".

Beliau berkata, perkataan itu dalam maksud asal dan biasanya bermaksud beliau melakukan rasuah, melakukan kesalahan jenayah yang boleh dihukum penjara, seorang yang hipokrit atau tidak boleh dipercayai dan tidak layak dipanggil sebagai seorang ahli politik dan ketua kepada parti politik.

Syed Husin berkata, disebabkan penerbitan perkataan itu, karektor dan reputasinya tercemar. – tmi

Zul retracts posting on Syed Husin, apologises...

Former Kulim Bandar Baru MP Zulkifli Noordin and Utusan Malaysia have agreed to pay an undisclosed amount in costs to former PKR deputy president, senator Syed Husin Ali.

This follows the former Perkasa leader agreeing to retract his defamatory blog posting and the Umno-owned daily agreeing to withdraw its article quoting the blog.

Zulkifli also apologised for the blog posting titled ‎'Anjing-anjing Pencen' (retired dogs) remark that inadvertently referred to Syed Husin, and also to withdraw his counter-claim on the former PKR deputy president.

The settlement was recorded by Kuala Lumpur High Court judicial commissioner Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera today.

Utusan Malaysia which quoted the blog posting, paid costs to Syed Husin.

The Umno owned daily also agreed to withdraw an article titled ‘Zul Noordin nafi dakwaan Syed Husin’ (Zul Noordin refutes Syed Husin's claim), dated Nov 20, 2011.

Zulkifli's apology in open court was read by his lawyer, Mohd Ruzaini Zulkifli.

Syed Husin (left), as the plaintiff, had testified mid-way in the trial and the hearing was scheduled to resume today only for it to be settled.

He was represented by N Surendran and Latheefa Koya, while Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin appeared for Utusan Malaysia.

Claim made in blog

In 2012, Zulkifli had claimed in his blog that Syed Husin had made him an offer to vacate his parliamentary seat.

In return, Zulkifli alleged Syed Husin said PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim would offer him a post in a Selangor state government subsidiary worth between RM50,000 and RM60,000 a month.

Zulkifli’s claim was reported in Utusan.

This resulted in Syed Husin reportedly filing a RM10 million suit against Zulkifli and Utusan.

Syed Husin's statement of claim stated that the defamatory words meant that he was guilty of corrupt practice, had committed a criminal offence, was a hypocrite, and unfit as a politician and leader of a political party.

It also meant that Syed Husin was a dishonourable politician and unfit to hold a post as a senator in the Dewan Negara.

Syed Husin claimed the blog posting and Utusan's publication had injured his character and reputation, and he was seeking RM10 million in damages, exemplary damages and also an injunction to restrain the defendants from publishing similar libelous material.- mk

Dah 57 tahun merdeka UMNO tak baliaq lagi kesian... 

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