Bakun dam boss sues journalist

Bakun dam boss sues journalist

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): The chairman of Malaysia's mammoth Bakun
dam project has sued a local journalist for 100 million ringgit
(US$40 million) for defaming him on the Internet, legal sources
said yesterday.

The suit by Ekran Bhd. executive chairman Ting Pek Khiing was
filed against freelance journalist M.G.G. Pillai last Friday at
the High Court in eastern Sarawak state on Borneo, the source
told AFP.

Ting is seeking "special damages" from Pillai, who is based in
Kuala Lumpur, for allegedly ruining his reputation and defaming
the national project globally in articles which appeared on the
Internet.

Ting is also seeking an injunction to prevent Pillai from
further publishing any negative or unfavorable reports about the
project, his company or himself.