Jailed Malaysian PM launches $26m libel case
Jailed former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has filed a multi-million dollar defamation suit against a local English language newspaper for a story linking him to a US think-tank. The New Straits Times, published by Malaysia’s largest newspaper group New Straits Times Press Holdings, alleged in March 2002 that Anwar paid the Washington-based Asia…
Anwar files RM100mil suit against NST and its boss
Jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim today filed a RM100 million defamation suit against the New Straits Times and its group editor Abdullah Ahmad over an article which suggested he had links to United States lobbyist Douglas H Paal. His lawyer Sankara Nair said the suit was filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court registry and will be…