Murray Hunter diarah bayar RM50,000 kepada MRCB

Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam has ordered blogger Murray Hunter to pay RM50,000 in damages to Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) for their involvement in publishing a series of defamatory articles about the company. The articles specifically mentioned Stadium Shah Alam's renovations and refurbishments. In his judgment on August 18, Justice Shoba Rajah Dorai Rajah also awarded MRCB RM10,000 and upheld an injunction against Hunter, who had failed to register MRCB's claim in court.

In June, MRCB had obtained a consent judgment against activist Abdul Razak Ismail after both parties reached an agreement. Ismail agreed to the injunction to prevent him from publishing or republishing the main subject of the complaint. In her reasoning, Justice Shoba found MRCB had proven four elements of malicious falsehood and established a balance of probabilities against Hunter.

The court found evidence that Hunter and Razak had published articles one after the other, and Hunter was found to have failed to verify the information before publishing it, thus not making any corrections to the articles related to MRCB. The court accepted statements from two MRCB attorneys, who were not challenged due to Hunter's absence.

MRCB subsequently concluded that it suffered losses due to the contentious publication and distribution of the articles. The case was represented by attorney Selva Mookiah.