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Journalist in Malaysia ordered to pay damages over tweets
A Malaysian court has ordered a senior ethnic Indian journalist to pay about 86 Lakh rupees in damages to a businessman for defaming him on Twitter. This is believed to be the first such case in the country, where damages were awarded for defamatory tweets. Judge Amelia Tee Hong Geok ordered R Nadeswaran, popularly known as "Citizen Nades", to pay Mohamad Salim Fateh Din RM 300,000 in general damages