GEORGE TOWN, Aug 20 – Penang Chief Minister YAB Lim Guan Eng had been withdrew a defamation suit filed in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in October 2012, when the former Umno Youth chief Shaik Hussein Mydin said to have agreed to withdraw all allegations published in the media before on Wednesday morning at outside Civil Court Room 5, the High Court of Pinang.
Also present were the Political Secretary of Chief Minister, YB Wong Hon Wai, Syarafina Raja Raja Shuib (Legal Officer to the Chief Minister) and Lim Hock Seng (Executive Councillor for Public Works, Transport and Utilities) at outside Civil Court Room 5, the High Court of Pinang.
Consent Judgment was made before Judicial Commissioner, Y.A. Datuk Nordin Hassan. Guan Eng said in a statement on Wednesday morning said Shaik Hussein’s actions which had been charged with malicious will hopefully serve as an example to Penang opposition leader to another.
“When Shaik Hussein Mydin (Shaik Hussein) make the slanderous of the accusations that I have received a bribe, it’s something I can not allow. In front of the High Court, Shaik Hussein Mydin (Shaik Hussein) apologized to me with withdraw the unconditionally,” said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
The copies of the documents Consent Judgment stating that defender agreed to withdraw a statement made on October 5, 2012. The two sides also had been agreed to bear its own costs and will not extend any new measures in the future, in relation to the case arises. After few trial sessions in nearly three years, the case finally resolved Consent Judgment.
