Ling Yexiang v LYC MOTHER & CHILD CENTRE SDN BHD
Catchwords
CIVIL APPEAL: Defamation action by the plaintiff against the defendant - The defendant appealed against the decision of the Session Court Judge in allowing the claim - The plaintiff is a subsidiary of LYC Healthcare Berhad and operates a confinement centre - The defendant’s wife was a customer of the plaintiff who stayed at the plaintiff’s centre for 28 days under the confinement package from 15 December 2020 to 11 January 2021 following her delivery – The defendant alleged that on 8 January 2021, his wife suffered food poisoning after consuming food prepared at the plaintiff’s centre on 7 January 2021- The defendant, via his Facebook account at URL https://www.facebook.com/ling.yexiang, posted and published statements that the plaintiff alleges to be defamatory – The same publication was published by the defendant on the Malaysian Blacklisted Confinement Centre Facebook Public Forum - Whether the words complained of are capable of defaming the plaintiff as a matter of law - Whether the statements in their ordinary meaning or as a whole would be understood by an ordinary, reasonable person to carry defamatory imputations - Whether the unequivocal apology ordered by the trial judge is excessive, given that the defendant only published his statement on his Facebook. EVIDENCE LAW: Burden o f proof – Sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act 1950.
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Case Significance
Ling Yexiang v LYC MOTHER & CHILD CENTRE SDN BHD is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated May 15, 2025 (citation: ba-12bcy-8-11-2024). The case was decided by Hazizah binti Kassim.
Key issues: EVIDENCE LAW: Burden o f proof – Sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act 1950..
What was the outcome of Ling Yexiang v LYC MOTHER & CHILD CENTRE SDN BHD?
Ling Yexiang v LYC MOTHER & CHILD CENTRE SDN BHD is a High Court decision dated May 15, 2025. The case was heard by Hazizah binti Kassim. See the full judgment for details.