Utusan Meloya memang kaki putaq...

Mahkamah hari ini mendapati akhbar milik Umno, Utusan Malaysia memfitnah Ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang dan diperintahkan untuk membayar ganti rugi RM250,000 kepada ahli Parlimen Gelang Patah itu.
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Yeoh Wee Siam berkata, Lim yang juga diberikan bayaran kos sebanyak  RM25,000, berjaya membuktikan kes terhadap defendan atas keseimbangan kebarangkalian.
Sejurus selepas penghakiman itu, Lim dalam respon di Twitter berkata:”Hurrah kepada (peguam) Gobind Singh Deo atas kemenangan hebat terhadap politik bohong.”

Lim memfailkan saman pada September tahun lepas terhadap penerbit Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad kerana menuduhnya memanipulasi pengiraan undi ketika pemilihan parti itu pada Disember 2012 dalam satu laporan yang disiarkan akhbar itu memetik “Father Augustus Chen”.
Lim mendakwa artikel itu membayangkan Father Augustus Chen itu wujud dan kandungan “Laporan Ekuiti (Penipuan Pemilihan CEC)” berhubung dakwaan ada sesuatu yang tidak kena dan wujud politik dalaman dalam pengundian DAP adalah benar. –
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Mahkamah hari ini mendapati akhbar milik Umno, Utusan Malaysia memfitnah Ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang dan diperintahkan untuk membayar ganti rugi RM250,000 kepada ahli Parlimen Gelang Patah itu.
Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Yeoh Wee Siam berkata, Lim yang juga diberikan bayaran kos sebanyak  RM25,000, berjaya membuktikan kes terhadap defendan atas keseimbangan kebarangkalian.
Sejurus selepas penghakiman itu, Lim dalam respon di Twitter berkata:”Hurrah kepada (peguam) Gobind Singh Deo atas kemenangan hebat terhadap politik bohong.”

Lim memfailkan saman pada September tahun lepas terhadap penerbit Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad kerana menuduhnya memanipulasi pengiraan undi ketika pemilihan parti itu pada Disember 2012 dalam satu laporan yang disiarkan akhbar itu memetik “Father Augustus Chen”.
Lim mendakwa artikel itu membayangkan Father Augustus Chen itu wujud dan kandungan “Laporan Ekuiti (Penipuan Pemilihan CEC)” berhubung dakwaan ada sesuatu yang tidak kena dan wujud politik dalaman dalam pengundian DAP adalah benar. –
- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/kit-siang-menang-saman-fitnah-utusan-diperintah-bayar-rm250000#sthash.QaFqlTte.dpuf

Utusan diperintah bayar RM250,000 kepada Lim Kit Siang...

Mahkamah hari ini mendapati akhbar milik Umno, Utusan Malaysia memfitnah Ketua Parlimen DAP Lim Kit Siang dan diperintahkan untuk membayar ganti rugi RM250,000 kepada ahli Parlimen Gelang Patah itu.

Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Datuk Yeoh Wee Siam berkata, Lim yang juga diberikan bayaran kos sebanyak  RM25,000, berjaya membuktikan kes terhadap defendan atas keseimbangan kebarangkalian.

Sejurus selepas penghakiman itu, Lim dalam respon di Twitter berkata:”Hurrah kepada (peguam) Gobind Singh Deo atas kemenangan hebat terhadap politik bohong.”

Lim memfailkan saman pada September tahun lepas terhadap penerbit Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad kerana menuduhnya memanipulasi pengiraan undi ketika pemilihan parti itu pada Disember 2012 dalam satu laporan yang disiarkan akhbar itu memetik “Father Augustus Chen”.

Lim mendakwa artikel itu membayangkan Father Augustus Chen itu wujud dan kandungan “Laporan Ekuiti (Penipuan Pemilihan CEC)” berhubung dakwaan ada sesuatu yang tidak kena dan wujud politik dalaman dalam pengundian DAP adalah benar. – tmi

Utusan defamed Kit Siang in 'Augustus Chen' story...

Utusan Malaysia has been ordered to pay DAP’s Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang RM250,000 after it was found to have defamed him in an article citing a booklet by one 'Father Augustus Chen'.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court also awarded Lim with RM25,000 in costs.

"Hurrah for (lawyer) Gobind Singh Deo for great victory against politics of lies," Lim said on Twitter.

The Utusan article 'Kit Siang Manipulasi Pemilihan CEC' (Kit Siang Manipulated CEC Elections) quoted the 16-page booklet titled 'Equity Report'.

The identity of the author of the booklet, who used the pseudonym Father Augustus Chen has never been established.

Gobind (left) told Malaysiakini that the Umno-owned broadsheet was also asked to pay a five percent interest beginning the day when the civil suit was filed, which was back in September last year.

Judge Yeoh Wee Siam presided.

"The judge found that the plaintiff had made his case on the balance of probabilities. She had said that Utusan is liable for defamation against Lim Kit Siang," Gobind said.

The RM250,000 sum was for general, aggravated and exemplary damages.

Last September, Lim sued Utusan for the report, which he said had damaged his reputation.

This was after Utusan did not respond to letters of demand sent by the DAP parliamentary leader's lawyers demanding that the paper prove the authenticity of "Father Augustus Chen".

Article heavily quoted the booklet

The article was published in Utusan on Aug 18 last year, heavily quoting the 16-page booklet, alleging that Lim and his son, Lim Guan Eng, had manipulated DAP's central executive committee (CEC) elections.

There were two main allegations in the booklet, first of which is that 753 absent delegates were not given due notice during the DAP CEC elections in Penang.

The other allegation was that there were 547 phantom voters.

The booklet was used to throw doubts regarding the DAP congress in Penang in 2012, which was marred by an error in tabulation of votes.

DAP eventually had to hold a fresh congress in September last year under instructions from the Registrar of Societies (ROS).- mk

Terus berjuang, bukan meniaga tomyam...

Aktivis politik yang pernah hidup dalam buangan Hishamuddin Rais menasihatkan penulis blog kontroversi Alvin Tan dan aktivis Ali Abdul Jalil yang memperoleh suaka luar negara supaya meneruskan "kerja politik”.

Hishamuddin (bawah) berkata, kegiatan itu boleh dilaksanakan daripada luar Malaysia demi memastikan wujudnya kerajaan Malaysia yang lebih adil.

Beliau juga mengingatkan pemegang suaka politik itu bahawa mereka bukan “pelarian ekonomi” yang mencari kekayaan luar.

Sambil mengucap syabas kepada Alvin dan Ali, Hishamuddin menyarankan kedua-dua individu itu mencontohi langkah tokoh-tokoh penting dalam sejarah, termasuk Nabi Muhammad yang berhijrah ke Madinah.

"Mereka lari untuk meneruskan perjuangan bukan untuk cari kerja atau bukan restoran tomyam,” katanya.

Hishamuddin mengulas kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi yang mengumpamakan Alvin dan Ali seperti bangau yang pulang ke belakang kerbau, selepas memohon suaka daripada Amerika Syarikat dan Sweden.

Tanpa menyebut nama, Zahid dipercayai merujuk kepada Hishamuddin apabila berkisah tentang seorang kawannya, pemimpin mahasiswa pada 1974 yang lari ke luar negara namun pulang ke Malaysia akhirnya.

'Jadilah internasionalis'

Sementara itu, mengimbau pengalamannya menetap di Belgium dan United Kingdom (UK), Hishamuddin berkata beliau sendiri terus terlibat mengecam “kezaliman” Malaysia melalui Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA).

"Orang berjuang tidak ada sempadan tanah air,” katanya.

“Jadilah internasionalis, jadi warga dunia dan bawalah tradisi mulia perjuangan datuk nenek moyang kita dari Tok Janggut, Tok Bahaman, Mat Kilau, Rashid Maidin, Chin Peng dan Abdullah Sidi."

Hishamuddin, seorang penulis politik juga senada dengan Zahid yang percaya bahawa kedua-dua anak muda itu akan kembali ke Malaysia suatu hari nanti “jika kerajaan yang lebih adil wujud”.

“Kerajaan (baru) ini pasti membolehkan mereka pulang," katanya.

Hishamuddin lari ke luar negara ketika berlaku penggunaan besar-besaran ISA ketika kemuncak gerakan mahasiswa tanah air pada tahun-tahun 70-an.

Beliau antara tokoh penting menggerakkan Demonstrasi Baling (atas) ketika itu sebagai mengetengahkan kesengsaraan hidup petani di bandar kecil di Kedah itu.

Beliau pernah hidup dalam buangan di luar negara lebih 20 tahun. - mk 

Activist tells Alvin, Ali not to open 'tom yam' shops...

Political fugitives Alvin Tan and Ali Abdul Jalil, who are both seeking political asylum in foreign countries after being charged under the Sedition Act here, should continue their “fight” from abroad and not open ‘tom yam’ shops there.

Political activist Hishamuddin Rais, who decades ago left the country for close to 20 years, advised Tan and Ali not to seek economic wealth abroad but to ensure that a fair government is established in Malaysia.

“Spread your ideas, not open tom yam shops or start a business,” Hishamuddin told Malaysiakini.

“I sought political asylum because I was convinced I would be detained without trial. I would lose time in my noble cause to bring down a ruthless government,” he added.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been told to "stop lying" about extradition treaties with the United States to bring Tan, who came into the spotlight for sex blogging, back to the country.

PKR lawyer Latheefa Koya in a statement today flayed Zahid for being "dishonest" in his claim that Malaysia will not pursue an extradition for Tan, even though there is an extradition treaty with the United States, where Alvin is currently seeking asylum.

"Extradition laws and the bilateral treaty between Malaysia and the US do not allow the extradition of persons who are seeking asylum from political persecution," Latheefa (left) said.

"There is no offence of sedition recognised under American law. Under extradition laws it is mandatory that there must be corresponding offence in both countries before an extradition is allowed," she added.

Latheefa said that the US government "will certainly" not entertain any extradition requests from the Malaysian government over this matter.

She also said that the government's inability to obtain the cooperation of friendly nations "highlights" the "draconian" nature of the Sedition Act.

"Once again, Malaysia faces international embarrassment and isolation due to the misdeeds and injustice of of the BN government's rule," she said.

Tan (right) is seeking political asylum in the US after being charged under the Sedition Act for a controversial Hari Raya greeting he published on his Facebook page last year.

Ali, meanwhile, is seeking political asylum in Sweden after being hit with a slew of sedition charges. - mk

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