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Media Statement issued by DAP National Headquarters in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 28th September 2009: New Straits Times Press withdraws 2001 defamation suit against Lim Kit Siang – no costs consent order New Straits Press (Malaysia) Bhd today withdraws its 2001 defamation suit against DAP Parliamentary Leader Lim Kit Siang at the Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning with a no costs consent order. Lim was represented by Karpal Singh Sangeet Kaur Deo. NST filed the defamation suit against Lim for defamatory words in response to a question from a Berita Harian reporter at a press conference in the Parliament lobby on May 17, 2001 on bumiputra quota and the annual controversy over local university intake. NST alleged in its defamation suit filed in September 2001 that in their natural and ordinary meaning, or by way of innuendo, the offending words meant that the company was racist, unpatriotic and unfit to be Malaysian. Background Reference (Media Statements by Lim): 18th May 2001 - http://www.limkitsiang.com/archive/2001/may01/lks0995.htm 19th May 2001 - http://www.limkitsiang.com/archive/2001/may01/lks0996.htm 20th May 2001 - http://www.limkitsiang.com/archive/2001/may01/lks1000.htm
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