Twitter Defamation Indian journalist R Nadeswaran fined Rs.86 Lakh By Malaysian Court

28 April 2012

Twitter Defamation Indian journalist R Nadeswaran fined Rs.86 Lakh By Malaysian Court

Twitter Defamation Indian journalist R Nadeswaran fined Rs.86 Lakh
By Malaysian Court

Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Last year in January Salim filed a defamation suit alleging that Nadeswaran had defamed him in a tweet on July 2010, implying that he concealed his heritage.

In another tweet he said that he was a land thief and that he was involved in illegal land deals.

A Malaysian court has ordered a senior ethnic Indian journalist R Nadeswaran known as Citizen Nades", to pay about Rs. 86 lakh in damages
to Mohamad Salim Fateh.
Din RM 300,000 in general damages and RM 200,000 in aggravated damages.

Judge Amelia Tee Hong Geok granted a total of RM 500,000 (about 86 Lakh rupees) in damages to Salim and granted an injunction to stop Nadeswaran from repeating the defamatory tweets.

Always be careful when you tweet something about someone

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Tags – Defamation

31 comments:

Treat and Trick, April 28, 2012: Serves him right! Be wary to what you want to say!
cookingvarieties, April 28, 2012: hi sm, journalists must not overdo certain issues to a point of defaming another party. In malaysia, defamation suit carries a very heavy fine.
They will always ask the person to make a public apology first. If the person refused, only then he will be sued. The journalist was given a fair chance to apologize earlier... Have a nice day
wizardOZZ, April 28, 2012: he got his chance
SM, April 28, 2012: @cookingvarieties

thanks.
SM, April 28, 2012: @wizardOZZ

thanks.
Unknown, April 28, 2012: We should always be very careful in using Twitter and social media.
Miami Design, April 28, 2012: I hate social media- part of the Capitalist spectacle!!!!!!1
Teddi, April 28, 2012: once the words are out there on twitter, are they out there forever?
Destination Infinity, April 28, 2012: I guess the same might apply to blogging also in future?

Destination Infinity
SM, April 28, 2012: @H. Nizam

thanks.
SM, April 28, 2012: @Miami Design

thanks.
SM, April 28, 2012: @Teddi

thanks.
SM, April 28, 2012: @Destination Infinity

thanks.
Blogging also comes under this now also.
Blogging,facebook, twitter everything comes under defamation.
Jim, April 28, 2012: Good job revealing that on the web, he should've thought about it before he decided to tweet it.
The Offender, April 28, 2012: Twitter is getting to the point of doing more harm than good.
Omnislash, April 29, 2012: Interesting.
Aulawi Ahmad, April 29, 2012: nice info bro, tq 4 share :)
deeps, April 29, 2012: hope to see such news more often (if they are genuine)
DWei, April 30, 2012: Someone is certainly sensitive about a certain topic isn't he. :|
Baur, April 30, 2012: Hm thats one of the issues with social networking
Kirtivasan Ganesan, April 30, 2012: If money is paid by Nadeswaran to Salim, it is an insult to Salim. Is money a compensation to defamation?
Maybe Malaysia is different and is like US.
Content Hedgehog, April 30, 2012: Haha, yeah, Tweets can get you in trouble alright...
SM, April 30, 2012: @Jim

thanks.
SM, April 30, 2012: @The Offender

thanks.
SM, April 30, 2012: @Aulawi Ahmad

thanks.
SM, April 30, 2012: @deeps

thanks.
SM, April 30, 2012: @Baur

thanks.
SM, April 30, 2012: @Kirtivasan

thanks.
SM, April 30, 2012: @Kirtivasan

thanks.
SM, April 30, 2012: @Nathan

thanks.
Anonymous, June 20, 2012: Right. Be careful with twitter