KUALA LUMPUR, October 23 Utusan Malaysia's arch headlines editor told the High Court today which he was "not sure" if the headlines inform about Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was loyal or not, observant which the Malay every day had usually published it formed upon an unedited "full transcript" of former PAS member Dr Hasan Ali's statement.
Zulkiflee Bakar pronounced this when testifying in Opposition Leader Anwar's(picture)defamation suit opposite the journal which had in Jan accused him of being the happy rights proponent, alleging he had admitted as most in the TV interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) early this year. Anwar's counsel N. Surendran had asked Zulkiflee either he was "not sure if the essay about the plaintiff (Anwar) was loyal or not."
He replied "not sure".
Surendran asked if Zulkiflee concluded which "maybe the content was true, maybe (it was) not true".
Zulkiflee pronounced it was both.
He after told defence counsel Datuk Firoz Hussein the headlines inform was formed upon Hasan's statement, observant which Hasan should know either it was loyal or not.
Zulkiflee pronounced the journal published the inform though any editing.
He additionally pronounced the headlines inform was the "full transcript" as well as "we will not lift out amendments (pindaan) to the sentences."
He additionally disagreed with Surendran which the essay was published with the goal to repairs Anwar's domestic reputation.
Zulfilee additionally pronounced the journal reports upon the issues of the day.
On August 13, the Malay daily's editor-in-chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Ishak told the justice which the journal did not give the balanced coverage to the statute Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition as! well as sovereign antithesis Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
Aziz had said: "I disagree thatUtusanonly publishes disastrous things about Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. We tell many certain things about Anwar."
Surendran had asked Aziz if he concluded thatUtusanhad never published anything certain upon Anwar "in the fourteen years since the plaintiff (Anwar) left government."
Anwar had in Jan filed the defamation suit looking RM50 million in indemnification as well as an claim to stop Utusan as well as its editor-in-chief from repeating statements about him being the happy rights proponent.
At the conference upon July 18, Anwar had told the justice which it was "public knowledge" thatUtusan Malaysiawas Umno-owned as well as which it took orders from the party's president.
Anwar additionally concluded afterwards which homosexuals should be discriminated opposite to strengthen the sanctity of marriage, though pointed out which primitive laws should be reviewed to forestall innocent people from being punished.
Earlier this year, Anwar was acquitted of the assign of sodomising former male help Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, with the High Court statute which the prosecution had not done sufficient to prove Anwar had committed sodomy opposite Saiful.
Just days after Anwar was exonerated,Utusan Malaysiafront-paged the story titled "Anwar ulas isu gay" (Anwar discusses happy rights), claiming the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) de facto leader had told the BBC interview which laws upon homosexuality in Malaysia were considered "archaic" as well as "not relevant".
In dual articles published inUtusan, Hasan had reportedly referred to the BBC interview when slamming Anwar for allegedly calling for homosexuality to be made legal in the country.
High Court decider V.T. Singham will listen to one more clarifications as well as is approaching to broach his decision upon Dec 27.
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