World News - The court in Kuala Lumpur today won a lawsuit against the Minister of Information Malaysia, Rais Yatim, on a blogger-related cases of defamation. Blogger accused of raping maid that Rais had from Indonesia, a few years ago.
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| Minister of Malaysia (VIVAnews/Tri Saputro) |
According to news agency Associated Press (AP), the Kuala Lumpur High Court judge ordered the defendant, Amizudin Ahmat, to pay damages amounting to RM400.000 (approximately Rp1, 1 billion) to Rais after being found guilty of libel in a blog that he managed.
In a paper published on the blog in December last year, Rais Amizudin suspected of raping an Indonesian domestic helper. Rais said that writing the blog it is slander and sue Amizudin to court.
Judge Zabariah Yusof said the rape allegations that can not only damage the reputation of Rais, but can interfere with the relationship between Malaysia and Indonesia. Rais was responding to the court ruling as "an important milestone for a fair trial."
According to AP, Rais is Malaysia's first senior official to sue a blogger to court.
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