Counsel Wan Azmir Wan Majid, who represented Aziz and the company, when contacted by Bernama, said Justice Zakaria Sam ruled that the speech by Mohamad Sabu, better known as Mat Sabu, concerning the attack on Bukit Kepong and the independence fighters on Aug 21, 2011 was not libellous in nature.

Wan Azmir said in addition, the court also decided that the defence made by the defendant that it was justified and a fair comment and conditional protection was applicable.

He said the court also found that Mat Sabu had made a controversial speech which subjected himself to criticism.

Thus, the court also ordered Mat Sabu, who is now Amanah president, as the plaintiff to pay the cost of RM70,000 to both defendants.

On Dec 21, 2011, Mat Sabu filed a suit claiming that both defendants, with malicious intent, had produced an article on Aug 27, 2011 and two other articles on the following day which he claimed contained slanderous elements.

He claimed that the three articles concerned the issue about the communist attack on the Bukit Kepong police station in Johor.

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