{"id":3081,"date":"2021-06-04T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T03:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=3081"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T01:11:39","slug":"tort-law-defamation-politicians-parliamentary-privileges-immunity-from-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/tort-law-defamation-politicians-parliamentary-privileges-immunity-from-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"TORT LAW \u2013 DEFAMATION \u2013 POLITICIANS \u2013 PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES \u2013 IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Fitnah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publication of a statement that lowers the reputation of another person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Types of Defamation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Libel \u2013 Defamatory statement in a permanent form (e.g. articles, Facebook posts, WhatsApp messages).<\/li>\n<li>Slander \u2013 Defamatory statement in a temporary form (e.g. spoken words).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Can a politician be sued for defamation in the Parliament?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>No. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A defamation suit is not possible against a politician for words spoken in the House of Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Why can\u2019t a politician be sued?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To enable Parliament to perform their functions effectively and without interference from anyone outside of Parliament, the Constitution confers certain rights and legal immunities under \u201cParliamentary Privileges\u201d Members of Parliament (\u201c<strong>MP<\/strong>\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>In other words, it is to safeguard the freedom, the authority and the dignity of Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Is this governed by any Malaysia law?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Article 63(2) and 63(3) of the Federal Constitution &#8211; No person shall be liable to any proceedings in court for anything said or published by them in either Houses of Parliament.<\/li>\n<li>Section 7 of the Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Act 1952 &#8211; Immunity of members from civil or criminal proceedings.<\/li>\n<li>Generally speaking, MP enjoys complete freedom of expression in the House and in the committees of the House.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>What are the actions that can actually be taken against the politician?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each House has power to discipline its own members.<\/li>\n<li>Each House can penalize its members for breaches of the privileges or contempt of that House.<\/li>\n<li>If a politician is accused of abusing his freedom of speech or of committing contempt of the House, he may be investigated, tried and either convicted or acquitted by the House itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defamation &#8211; Parliamentary proceeding is protected by absolute privilege<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1780,1561,18],"tags":[1665,2002,1562],"class_list":["post-3081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defamation","category-tort","category-updates","tag-defamation","tag-parliamentary-privilage","tag-tort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3081"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3084,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3081\/revisions\/3084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}