Papagomo fails to halt RM280,000 payment to Guan Eng, son

Influencer Papagomo, whose real name is Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, has been ordered to pay a RM280,000 defamation award to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng and his son, Clint Lim Way Chau. A High Court judge dismissed Papagomo's application to stay the execution of the May 19 judgment after considering affidavits from both sides.

The court found that Papagomo was unable to establish any special circumstances warranting a stay of execution, dismissing his application with costs of RM5,000. The defamation suit, filed in April 2020, arose from allegations made by Papagomo on Facebook that Clint had been detained at Changi Airport in Singapore for carrying RM2 million in cash without declaring it.

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