Kerajaan Malaysia v LFL SDN BHD

01i-17-05-2023w Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 27 June 2024 • 01(i)-17-05/2023(W)

Catchwords

sovereign immunity state immunity extra territoriality international law concepts Article 10(1)(a) of the Federal Constitution right to freedom of expression statements made in Malaysia which are the subject matter of foreign legislation Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019 (‘POFMA’) section 11 POFMA extra territorial jurisdiction of POFMA enforceability of POFMA in Malaysia POFMA's compatibility with the Federal Constitution extra territorial expansion of a state’s prescriptive jurisdiction principles on striking out summarily dismissing a case immunity as a threshold issue

Practice Areas

Constitutional Law Civil Procedure

Judges (5)

Amar Abang Iskandar bin Abang Hashim Delivered Hanipah binti Farikullah Coram Nallini Pathmanathan Coram Rhodzariah binti Bujang Coram Zabariah binti Mohd Yusof Coram

Parties (2)

Kerajaan Malaysia Appellant LFL Sdn Bhd Respondent

Judgment

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