Businessman Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan has apologised to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for any embarrassment caused by his article written on 11 June 2006 in the New Sunday Times with regards to the then Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s meeting with Dr Mahathir in Japan.
He also unreservedly withdraws and retracts all allegations he had made in the said article.
With the apology and retraction, Dr Mahathir is vindicated.
The apology was part of the mutual consent recorded at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today between Kalimullah and Matthias Chang in which both parties reached an amicable settlement over a RM50 million defamation suit filed by the former on Chang.
Chang on his part agreed to apologise to Kalimullah and ECM Libra for any embarrassment he had caused them and unreservedly withdraws and retracts all allegations made during a press conference on 13 June 2006.
In an immediate reaction Chang, former aide to Dr Mahathir, said he was glad that Kalimullah has agreed to apologise to Dr Mahathir.
“I am a nobody. I don’t mind apologising to Kalimullah as long as Tun (Mahathir) is vindicated.
“From the start, the issue is not about me. It is about the allegations and embarrassment caused on Tun.”
The High Court’s recorded statement on the settlement reads as follows:
By mutual consent the plaintiff and the defendant have reached an amicable settlement upon following terms:-
1) The defendant has unreservedly withdrawn and retracts all allegations against the plaintiff at the press conference held on 13 June 2006 and apologise to the plaintiff and ECM Libra for any embarrassment caused thereby;
2) And the plaintiff unreservedly withdraw and retracts all allegations made in respect of his article written on 11 June with regards to the then Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s meeting with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Japan and apologises to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for any embarrassment caused thereby;
3) No order to costs
3 comments:
Setahu saya, Tun tak pernah menipu.
Kalau itu yg dia kata, itulah yg dia rasa. Cuma cara Tun sampaikan tu... tahan sajalah telinga. Mungkin 10 org tak suka, tapi 90 org dpt manfaatnya.
Apahal pun, kalau la ada pembantu, penyokong mahupun Menteri dlm kabinet Najib yg macam Mathias Chang. Aman Malaysia ni
So easy wa lah wei, then I can "f"@#$"k" and got away like that, wa lah wei?Just a simple apology after the damage has been done throughout the years? If thats so simple then I can "tiew" in lay man's term it's "F@#$K" who ever and whomever I want then I just can apologise, then just got away scotts free. No need to pay one lah? Then I feel I'm free from any court's jurisdiction, merely because I apologise for all the rubbish I uttered. Where's the justice or are the any compromising? Many many wrongs during one's friend tenure does not make one man's wrong right! A wrong move , even the the slightest one is subjected to the rule of law. Its applicable to every citizen of this country, i.e MALAYSIA. Ther'es a lot of skeleton to dig from this man from the former NST, way back from Tun Gaffar Baba.
Let's ask God to help us to self-control: for one who lacks it, lacks His Grace.
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