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MGG Pillai's probably smiling away, up there

The Royal Commission was told today that V.K. Lingam and former chief justice Mohamed Eusoff Chin went for their New Zealand holiday shortly after the lawyer's client Vincent Tan won RM10 million in damages in a libel case.

Quotable quote:

"Total damages against all defendants was RM10mil. Against (MGG) Pillai, if I recollect clearly, was only RM2mil."

On the other hand, Reuters also reported that Tan's Berjaya Corp will pay about RM139 million for a 36% stake in Nexnews -- all that's owned by Tong Kooi Ong.

With that, Nexnews -- which publishes theSun, The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily -- will become a 55%-owned subsidiary of Berjaya.

Does that mean Tong is persona non-grata in media business in Malysia? Will there ever be The Edge Hong Kong for now?

Posted by Jeff Ooi on January 25, 2008 08:22 PM |

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I wonder what was Lingam’s fee for the 10mil case.

Posted by: Gurindam Jiwa [TypeKey Profile Page] | January 25, 2008 11:26 PM

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