Sarawak Legal Counsel disputes Datuk Seri Gopal’s opinion that governments cannot sue for defamation

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State Legal Counsel Datuk JC Fong (right) leaving the courtroom in Kuching December 18, 2020. — Borneo Post Online pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUCHING, Mar 8 — Section 3 of the Government Proceedings Act (GPA) 1956 allows governments to sue for defamation, stated State Legal Counsel Datuk Sri JC Fong.He was responding to counsel Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram’s call on Thursday for the Federal Court to review its February 2020 decision in the case of state Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jien, who was sued by the Sarawak government.This followed the apex court’s landmark ruling that political parties could not sue individuals for defamation when allowing the appeal by Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng to strike out the suit by Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan, then MCA secretary-general who sued on behalf of the party, followin…