{"id":5949,"date":"2025-11-16T08:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2025-11-16T08:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T00:06:12","slug":"defamation-locus-standi-when-societies-cant-sue-ikrams-defamation-claim-against-ridhuan-fails-on-locus-standi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/zh\/defamation-locus-standi-when-societies-cant-sue-ikrams-defamation-claim-against-ridhuan-fails-on-locus-standi\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFAMATION \u2013 LOCUS STANDI \u2013 WHEN SOCIETIES CAN\u2019T SUE: IKRAM\u2019S DEFAMATION CLAIM AGAINST RIDHUAN FAILS ON LOCUS STANDI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Summary and Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Mahdzir bin Md Isa (suing as Pegawai Awam Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia) v Mohd Ridhuan Tee bin Abdullah [2025] 10 MLJ, the plaintiff a public officer of Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (IKRAM), sued the defendant, a public figure for a Facebook post alleging IKRAM and its member were traitors, anti-Islam and politically aligned against Islam. The plaintiff claimed these statements were false and harmed his and IKRAM\u2019s reputation and regarded as defamation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defendant pleaded the defences of justification, fair comment, and qualified privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Legal Issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Whether the Facebook statements were defamatory.<br>\u2022 Whether the plaintiff suing in his capacity as a public officer of Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (IKRAM), had the locus standi to commence a defamation action on behalf of the organisation.<br>\u2022 Whether the defendant was able to rely on the defences of justification, fair comment, and qualified privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Court\u2019s Findings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 The Court dismissed the plaintiff\u2019s claim on the basis that the plaintiff lacked the locus standi to maintain an action for defamation.<br>\u2022 Nevertheless, the 3 elements of defamation were successfully established by the plaintiff:-<br>a) The three impugned postings referred to the plaintiff.<br>b) The impugned postings were published to a 3rd party by the defendant.<br>c) The words and statements were capable and conveyed a defamatory imputation.<br>\u2022 The defendant failed to rely on the pleaded defences:-<br>a. fair comment \u2013 lacked a proven factual basis.<br>b. justification \u2013 imputations unproven and based on unreliable.<br>c. qualified privilege \u2013 no mutual interest with Facebook readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Practical Implications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision affirms key principles on locus standi and defences in defamation:-<br>\u2022 any society registered under the Societies Act 1966, whether political or non-political has no legal standing to sue for defamation in its own capacity as it lacks the legal personality and reputation protected by defamation law.<br>\u2022 it illustrates that the court will strictly apply the requisite elements of each defence, and a defendant may only rely on such defences if all elements are clearly satisfied.<br>\u2022 The burden lies squarely on the defendant to adduce credible, admissible evidence to prove the truth of the statements or the existence of facts supporting the defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Mahdzir bin Md Isa (suing as Pegawai Awam Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia) v Mohd Ridhuan Tee bin Abdullah [2025] 10 MLJ 605, the High Court dismissed a defamation suit brought on behalf of Ikram, holding that a registered society lacks the legal standing to sue for defamation under the Societies Act 1966. While the Court accepted that the impugned Facebook postings were defamatory and unsupported by the defences of justification or fair comment, the claim was struck out at the threshold issue of locus standi. The judgment underscores a significant limitation: reputational protection under defamation law does not extend to unincorporated societies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3705],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-malaysian-case-law"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DEFAMATION \u2013 LOCUS STANDI \u2013 WHEN SOCIETIES CAN\u2019T SUE: IKRAM\u2019S DEFAMATION CLAIM AGAINST RIDHUAN FAILS ON LOCUS STANDI | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Mahdzir bin Md Isa (suing as Pegawai Awam Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia) v Mohd Ridhuan Tee bin Abdullah [2025] 10 MLJ 605, the High Court dismissed a defamation suit brought on behalf of Ikram, holding that a registered society lacks the legal standing to sue for defamation under the Societies Act 1966. 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