KUALA LUMPUR (March 1, 2011)
In the first of such cases, Developer Datuk Salim Fateh Din, CEO and chairman of Gapurna Sdn Bhd, has filed a RM15 million defamation suit against the Sun columnist R. Nadeswaran for alleged defamatory statements on Twitter. Nadeswaran, who writes the Citizen Nades column, is the Sun's UK correspondent.
In his statement of claim, Salim alleges that postings were made in relation to a land matter which allegedly casted aspersions on Salim's bumiputra status. An Injunctive order to stop Nadeswaran from repeating the statements was also prayed for.
Judge Lee Swee Seng fixed March 28 for case management.
