SHAH ALAM 27 Nov. - Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini memerintahkan
Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam, Khalid Abdul Samad membayar ganti rugi RM300,000 kepada
Datuk Dr. Hasan Ali setelah didapati memfitnah Presiden Jalur Tiga Malaysia
(Jati) itu.
Hakim Datuk Yaacob Md. Sam turut menetapkan k
os sebanyak RM20,000 perlu dibayar oleh Khalid kepada Hasan pada prosiding bagi menetapkan jumlah ganti rugi dan kos dalam kes saman fitnah membabitkan kedua-dua individu terbabit.
Pada 31 Oktober lalu, mahkamah tersebut memutuskan kenyataan
yang dikeluarkan oleh Khalid yang juga Ahli Jawatankuasa Pas Pusat dalam satu
sidang akhbar pada 24 Februari tahun lalu bukanlah satu pembelaan terhadap isu 'pemimpin
parasit' yang ditimbulkan oleh Hasan.
Hasan memfailkan saman tersebut pada 12 April tahun lalu selepas
Khalid mengeluarkan dakwaan bahawa Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) dan
Puncak Niaga Bhd. Sebagai penaja kepada Hasan dan juga Jati.
Khalid dalam pernyataan pembelaannya menyatakan, kenyataannya
dalam siding akhbar itu adalah bagi menjawab 'serangan' Hasan yang menggelarnya
sebagai pengkhianat dan pemimpin parasit. Dalam prosiding hari ini, Hasan diwakili
peguam Hasnal Rezua Merican manakala Khalid diwakili peguam, Azhana Mohd. Khairudin.
Selain menetapkan ganti rugi am RM200,000 dan ganti rugi teladan
RM100,000, Hakim Yaacob turut menetapkan kadar faedah sebanyak lima peratus dikenakan
ke atas jumlah ganti rugi bermula dari tarikh penghakiman sehingga pembayaran
penuh.
Admin kata : Pas memang KAKI FITNAH. Islam celah mana la
dorang ni. Khalid Samad usah gisau k. Gaji Adun dah naik mencanak2. Sila
sediakan TONG MILO dan buat kutipan. Kalo tak cukup tong, kami boleh tolong.
Amacam?
SHAH ALAM - Jalur Tiga Malaysia (Jati) president Datuk Dr Hasan
Mohamed Ali was awarded RM300,000 in damages following the High Court finding
that Shah Alam member of Parliament Khalid Abdul Samad liable for defamation.
Judge Datuk Yaakob Md Sam, who delivered an oral ruling,
said that the damages were accorded after the defendant failed to present a
written apology nor used any other methods to retract the defamatory
statements.
"The damages were awarded since the defendant did not
inform administrators of the said online portals to remove the articles...and
was also based upon the plaintiff's status in society, the extent of the said
articles in defaming the plaintiff and the behaviour of the defendant from the
beginning till the end of this proceedings in retracting the articles."
The RM300,000 was inclusive of aggravated damages to reflect
the exceptional harm done to a plaintiff in a civil wrong.
He also ordered a further payment of five per cent interest
in damages from the judgment date (as of yesterday) till final settlement.
He was also awarded RM20,000 in costs.
Hasan, who is also former Selangor PAS commissioner and
state executive member, filed the defamation suit in last April 12, claiming
Khalid had uttered defamatory words against him at a press conference on Feb
24, last year.
Hasan claimed that Khalid, who is also the Selangor Pas
deputy commissioner III, had further published the words in an article on his
blog and that the reporters at the press conference had posted it on the news
portals "mstar" and "Malaysiakini".
The plaintiff was represented by counsel Hasnal Rezua
Merican, while defence counsel Azhana Mohd Khairudin appeared for Khalid. - NST
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