Businessman fails in defamation bid over police reports alleging armed threat
The Court of Appeal says Lim Kok Han failed to prove that Tai Boon Wee, a director of GIIB Holdings Bhd, published or circulated police reports alleging an armed threat.
A businessman, Lim Kok Han, lost his appeal against a High Court decision to strike out his defamation suit over two police reports alleging armed threat. The Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed his appeal, finding that he failed to prove the police reports were published or circulated by the respondent, Tai Boon Wee. The dispute arose from the police reports filed by Tai, a director of GIIB Holdings Bhd, on June 14 and 15, 2023, alleging that Lim had threatened him with a pistol during a confrontation.
Lim claimed the reports were defamatory, but the Court of Appeal agreed with Tai's lawyers, who argued that Lim had not established publication by Tai. The Court also ordered Lim to pay Tai RM30,000 in costs.
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