Hadi draws first blood in lawsuit against Sarawak Report editor

Published: Aug 5, 2017 3:28 PM | Updated: Aug 6, 2017 1:27 AM

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang has drawn first blood in his defamation suit against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.

Rewcastle-Brown has been ordered by the London courts to pay Hadi at least GB£15,000 in costs.

This is after the court on Aug 2 reportedly sided with Hadi on the Sarawak Report editor's attempt to make him pay a deposit to cover her legal costs should his defamation suit fail...

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