The Star
By M. MAGESWARI
KUALA LUMPUR: The father of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin, who was abducted and murdered over three years ago, has lost his defamation suit against the police and Government for allegedly portraying him as a person who may have borrowed money from loan sharks.
In dismissing the suit with costs, High Court Judicial Commissioner Asmabi Mohamad held that the plaintiff - Jazimin Abdul Jalil - had sued the wrong parties in the legal action.
“In fact, Kosmo! and its reporter who wrote the (alleged defamatory) article should be the ones sued,” she said in her judgment yesterday.
In the defamation suit, Jazimin, 37, had named former Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, the Inspector-General of Police and the Government as defendants.
Jazimin, who works in a security firm, filed the suit on Aug 21, 2008.
In a statement of claim, he said Khalid had defamed him on Sept 21, 2007 by making a defamatory statement against him which was published by the local daily.
He sought RM2mil in general damages, other damages and further relief deemed fit by the court.
Justice Asmabi ruled that the evidence showed that the Kosmo! reporter had admitted that the words printed in the newspaper were not Khalid’s exact quotes at a press conference a day earlier.
She said the Kosmo! reporter had stated that he did not jot down the whole text of what Khalid had said but merely jotted down the main points.
Expressing her points further, Justice Asmabi said reporters from The New Straits Times and Oriental Daily had given sworn evidence that they also did not hear the words as printed in Kosmo! and that they did not remember Khalid saying anything about loan sharks.
The court will hear on taxation of costs later as Senior Federal Counsel Noorin Badaruddin has applied for a RM50,000 in costs for the three defendants. Lawyer Natasha Bashir, who acted for the plaintiff, applied for costs to be taxed.
Speaking to reporters later, Jazimin said he would discuss with his counsel whether to appeal against the dismissal of the suit.
Nurin Jazlin went missing on Aug 20, 2007 after going out to a nightmarket alone near her home in Wangsa Maju here.
Her naked body was found stuffed into a sports bag and left at the staircase of a shoplot in Petaling Utama on Sept 17, 2007.
By M. MAGESWARI
KUALA LUMPUR: The father of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin, who was abducted and murdered over three years ago, has lost his defamation suit against the police and Government for allegedly portraying him as a person who may have borrowed money from loan sharks.
In dismissing the suit with costs, High Court Judicial Commissioner Asmabi Mohamad held that the plaintiff - Jazimin Abdul Jalil - had sued the wrong parties in the legal action.
“In fact, Kosmo! and its reporter who wrote the (alleged defamatory) article should be the ones sued,” she said in her judgment yesterday.
In the defamation suit, Jazimin, 37, had named former Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, the Inspector-General of Police and the Government as defendants.
Jazimin, who works in a security firm, filed the suit on Aug 21, 2008.
In a statement of claim, he said Khalid had defamed him on Sept 21, 2007 by making a defamatory statement against him which was published by the local daily.
He sought RM2mil in general damages, other damages and further relief deemed fit by the court.
Justice Asmabi ruled that the evidence showed that the Kosmo! reporter had admitted that the words printed in the newspaper were not Khalid’s exact quotes at a press conference a day earlier.
She said the Kosmo! reporter had stated that he did not jot down the whole text of what Khalid had said but merely jotted down the main points.
Expressing her points further, Justice Asmabi said reporters from The New Straits Times and Oriental Daily had given sworn evidence that they also did not hear the words as printed in Kosmo! and that they did not remember Khalid saying anything about loan sharks.
The court will hear on taxation of costs later as Senior Federal Counsel Noorin Badaruddin has applied for a RM50,000 in costs for the three defendants. Lawyer Natasha Bashir, who acted for the plaintiff, applied for costs to be taxed.
Speaking to reporters later, Jazimin said he would discuss with his counsel whether to appeal against the dismissal of the suit.
Nurin Jazlin went missing on Aug 20, 2007 after going out to a nightmarket alone near her home in Wangsa Maju here.
Her naked body was found stuffed into a sports bag and left at the staircase of a shoplot in Petaling Utama on Sept 17, 2007.
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