Shah alam: DAP advisor Lim Guan Eng today won a defamation suit against former Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin and two others, after the Shah Alam High Court ruled that statements made against him were defamatory.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Lim's lawyer, Datuk Sankara Nair, stated that Judicial Commissioner Shoba Menon allowed the suit filed by the former finance minister after finding that the defendants failed to establish the legal defences raised in the case. The court ordered all three defendants to pay RM50,000 in global damages to Lim.

Additionally, the court mandated the defendants to pay RM5,000 globally in costs to the plaintiff. The court also issued an injunction preventing the defendants from further publishing the defamatory statements against Lim.

During the proceedings, Lim was represented by counsel Maniggandan Gopalan, while the defendants were represented by lawyer Nizamuddin Hamid. The defamation suit was filed by Lim on June 7, 2024, at the Shah Alam High Court, naming Zuraida, MalaysiaNow editor Muhammad Abd Ar-Rahman Koya, and MNow Media Sdn Bhd as defendants. Lim's statement of claim alleged that Zuraida made false statements about him concerning a housing project for former plantation staff in Bestari Jaya, Selangor.