Lee Siew Mei v Chew Chin Swee

wa-23cy-24-04-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 24 June 2025 • WA-23CY-24-04/2021 • 103 min read
23 cases cited (0 SG, 23 foreign)

Catchwords

Whether Statement 1, particularly those in bold dated 20.2.2019 has been distributed and/ or caused to be distributed by Carol? - Whether it refers to Aida and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Carol can rely on the defence of justification and/ or fair comment? - Whether the Statement, particularly those in bold in the letter dated 14.4.2019 refers to Aida, Wai Ping, Shereen, Chew and Dato’ Ngiam as a whole and/ or individually and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Carol can rely on the defence of justification, fair comment and/ or qualified privilege? - Whether Statement 8 dated 16.4.2019 refers to Carol and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Chew can rely on the defence of justification and/ or fair comment? - Whether it was published by Chew against Carol maliciously? - Whether Statement 9 dated 13.4.2019 was authored, written, published and/ or posted by Shereen, Wai Ping, Aida, Chew or Dato’ Ngiam? - Whether it refers to Carol and if so, whether it is defamatory? - Whether Shereen, Wai Ping, Aida, Chew and Dato’ Ngiam can rely on the defence of justification and/ or fair comment? - Whether it was published against Carol maliciously?

Judges (1)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Delivered

Counsel (7)

Brendan Siva Firm Viknesh & Yap Firm Aida Haryani Salamon Counsel Plaintiff Brendan Navin Siva Counsel Plaintiff Edmund Chow Zi Sim Counsel Defendant Joanne Rachel Jankins Counsel Defendant Viknesh Selvanathan Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Chew Chin Swee Defendant Lee Siew Mei Plaintiff

Case Significance

Lee Siew Mei v Chew Chin Swee is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated June 24, 2025 (citation: wa-23cy-24-04-2021). The case was decided by Aliza binti Sulaiman.

What was the outcome of Lee Siew Mei v Chew Chin Swee?

Lee Siew Mei v Chew Chin Swee is a High Court decision dated June 24, 2025. The case was heard by Aliza binti Sulaiman. See the full judgment for details.

Cases Cited (23)

UK (1)
[1963] 2 All ER 151
MY (22)
[1989] 1 MLJ 315 [1996] 1 MLJ 393 [1999] 1 CLJ 461 [2005] 2 CLJ 569 [2010] 5 CLJ 301 [2012] 3 MLRH 124 [2014] 3 CLJ 560 [2015] 8 CLJ 477 [2017] 8 CLJ 369 [2018] 7 CLJ 622 [2019] 2 CLJ 631 [2019] 3 CLJ 729 [2019] 4 MLJ 259 [2021] MLJU 2347 [2022] 5 CLJ 487 [2023] 6 CLJ 51 [2023] MLJU 1753 [2024] 1 MLJ 306 [2024] 6 CLJ 635 [2024] 9 MLJ 881 [2024] MLJU 3687 [2025] MLJU 287

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-23cy-24-04-2021)