A Malaysian court has ordered a man to pay RM100,000 for defaming a mechanics' training centre on Facebook, his lawyer told AFP Saturday.
The high court in the northern state of Penang said Leong Yook Kong defamed the centre, where his son had studied, through three posts on the social networking site last year, Leong's lawyer K. Paramanathan said.
Leong, a 64-year-old retiree, posted the comments implying the centre was guilty of fraud and corrupt practices after his son failed an examination for a diploma in vehicle maintenance and repair.
Leong now has to pay a total of RM100,000 in damages and costs, Mr Paramanathan said.
He is also not allowed to publish further defamatory statements.
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