Anwar wins suit against Utusan, court rules articles ‘distorted’
By Zurairi AR
January 21, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won his defamation lawsuit today against Utusan Malaysia after the High Court here ruled that the newspaper had “distorted” the opposition leader’s words to suggest he backed the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) movement.
Justice Datuk VT Singham also said the Umno-owned daily did not practise responsible journalism, in addition to disregarding a golden opportunity to correct itself after Anwar(picture) had sent a legal notice asking for clarification.
“The articles ... were distorted, incorrect version of the events ... and taken out of context,” Singham said in his judgment.
“The court is satisfied that the words (in the articles) are defamatory to the plaintiff.”
The judge said it was “crystal clear” that Anwar did not say that LGBT activities should be legalised in his BBC interview, and the Utusan articles had suggested that Anwar was unfit to hold public office and be the opposition leader.
Anwar had in January filed the defamation suit seeking RM50 million in damages and an injunction to stop Utusan and its editor-in-chief from repeating statements accusing him of being a gay rights proponent.
At a hearing on July 18, Anwar had told the court that it was “public knowledge” that Utusan Malaysia was Umno-owned and that it took orders from the party’s president.
He also agreed then that homosexuals should be discriminated against to protect the sanctity of marriage, but pointed out that archaic laws should be reviewed to prevent innocent people from being punished.
Earlier this year, Anwar was acquitted of a charge of sodomising former male aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, with the High Court ruling that the prosecution had not done enough to prove the opposition leader had committed sodomy against Saiful.
Just days after Anwar was exonerated, Utusan Malaysia front-paged a story titled “Anwar ulas isu gay” (Anwar discusses gay rights), claiming the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) de facto leader had told a BBC interview that laws on homosexuality in Malaysia were considered “archaic” and “not relevant”.
13 comments:
Anuwar pemimpin yg mengamalkan diktatorship. Tgk je nasib pemimpin yg tidak sependapat dgn dia, mcm hassan ali. Terus dibuang dan dihina. Skrg ni ada ura2 ustaz harun din akan mendpt nasib yg sama kerana tidak Mahu menggadai akidah dlm isu kalimah Allah.
'saya menyokong segala usaha menjaga keselamatan negara Israel' - dato seri anwar ibrahim
Kenyataan ni benar, bkn fitnah
hukum hudud ketinggalan zaman. tidak ada hukum hudud dlm Al Quran. Di zaman Nabi tidak ada pisau cukur sbb tu org arab berjanggut. Ya, saya mengaku memberi ic kepada pendatang tanpa izin. Itu Tun Mahathir yg cakap. betul. tak tipu punya. So berhentilah menipu diri sendiri ya pencacai2 umno.
Kih.. Kih.. Divert isu. Ini mmg penyakit org pakatan
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/219526
Anuwar terlalu bnyk mencampuri urusan dalaman pas, hingga pemimpin pas sendiri terpinggir. Sapa yg bersama anuwar disanjung, tapi sapa yg bersama golongan ulama dikeji. Inilah situasi yg berlaku dlm pas skrg
Bro. Ini cerita Utusan Malaysia kalah dalam kes Saman Fitnah. Yang melalut cerita Anwar campurtangan urusan Pas ni apa hal? Yang pecat Hasan Ali tu Pas bukan Anwar bro. [:p]
Kesian.. Sgt mentah dlm politik. Dato hassan ali dipecat krn campur tangan anuwar.. Takkan tak faham kot..
Hasan dipecat kerana banyak kerja2nya dalam kerajaan negeri Selangor menyusahlan dan menjejaskan iimejj Pas sendiri. Dlm masa yg sama dia berkerja dgn Umno. Tak kan naive sgt dlm politik?
Kerja2 dato hasan ali menegakkan Islam menyusahkan dan menjejaskan imej pas? Biar betul pas ni...
Ape? Hasan aqidah menegakan islam, wow!!! Hmm setahu aku menegak ameno je sebab ameno janji nak bagi dia jadi mb,ahok ahookhok,tersedak lah pula! Sorry ye. Satu lagi janji di capati. AMACAM janji najib kpd chua sua cok yg ameno tidak akan menjalankan hudud di malaysia, dimanakah hasan ali ketika itu......kenyataan najib masuk utusan dan tv 3/4......ape hasan ali pun tak caya kat utusek meloya dan tv3 per 4 tu. Satu lagi, Jihad islamiah tidak ada untuk raja2 melayu pun, kitab mana dia dapati ni , kalaulah raja2 melayu semua mengikut islam dia orang tak perlu pun hasan ali berjuang untuk diorang, malah raja2 ni utamakan kebajikan rakyat mereka. Maka jelaslah hasan ali ni.......yeeeeena podah rtm1 ingga poh!
Terima Kasih utusan kerana terus menyumbang Dana utk perjuangan PR :))
Yes! Selain dari utusan, open society pertubuhan yahudi pun merupakan penyumbang terbesar dana pr :))
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