The Court of Appeal today ordered Kepong Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng to pay only RM75,000 in damages — instead of the original RM2 million — to MonSpace (M) Sdn Bhd and its founder Datuk Seri Jessy Lai Cha Suang in a defamation lawsuit.
A three-judge panel comprising Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah and Datuk Faizah Jamaludin unanimously upheld the High Court’s finding that Lim had defamed the company and Lai.
Delivering the decision, Justice Sequerah said the RM2 million in damages awarded by the Kuala Lumpur High Court was “excessive”.
The panel also slashed the legal costs imposed by the High Court from RM250,000 to RM50,000.
On 16 March 2023, the High Court ordered Lim to pay RM2 million to the e-commerce company and Lai after allowing their defamation suit. Lim filed an appeal against the ruling the same day.
