The Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday ordered the local Chinese- language weekly Son Pou, its chief editor Lei Kong and director Chao Chong Peng to pay local developer Polytex a total of 50,000 patacas between them as indemnity for publishing “abusive” opinion articles concerning the ill-fated Pearl Horizon property development project. According to the court ruling, the articles had a negative impact on the honour and reputation of the company.
Polytex Import and Export Co. Ltd. had requested an indemnity of two million patacas for the allegedly defamatory articles.
Chinese-language weekly Son Pou editor-in-chief Lei Kong speaks to reporters after yesterday’s announcement of the Court of First Instance’s (TJB) ruling outside the courthouse in Nam Van. Photo: Maria Cheang Ut Meng
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