FMT says 'sorry' to Lynas

NEWS portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) hasaptflogised to Lynas Corp Ltd over several articles wnich Lynas, claimed was defamatory ahd untruthful.

In a posting yesterday, FMT said: "We refer to the articles previously published by us which claim that the Lynas plant may be unsafe. We apologise for these publications as such claims do not have a scientific basis. The regulatory review of the Lynas plant has been thorough and diligent" Lynas Corp Ltd which is seeking to undertake a rare earth plant in Kuantan, commenced defamation proceedings against FMT on April 20 over the articles. Meanwhile, the Kuala Lumpur High Court "Will "hear an interpa rtes injunction toy Lynas Corporation Ltd and Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd to restrain "Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas" (SMSL), an anti- Lynas group and its two directors NEWS portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) hasaptflogised to Lynas Corp Ltd over several articles wnich Lynas, claimed was defamatory ahd untruthful.


In a posting yesterday, FMT said: "We refer to the articles previously published by us which claim that the Lynas plant may be unsafe. We apologise for these publications as such claims do not have a scientific basis. The regulatory review of the Lynas plant has been thorough and from further publishing defamatory article on Lynas. SMSL's counsel Bastian Pius Vendargon said that Lynas had served its affidavit pertaining to the injunction hearing to the defendants on Tuesday. He said the defendants needed time to file their affidavit-in-repiy and the court fixed July 19 to hear the inter-partes injuction. He also said that both parties had submitted written submissions on the injunction to the court On April 19, Lynas Corporation of Sydney, Australia, and Lynas Malaysia filed the suit against SMSL Sdn Bhd and its two directors, Tan Bun Teet and Urn Sow Teow, over a defamatory article published on its blogsiteTOn March 22. In'the suit Lynas also sought for the defendants to remove the article from its biogsite until the disposal of the suit.

1 comment:

  1. Many jobs now will be saved with Lynas starting up. Other companies will come to Malaysia and expect to be warmly welcomed. The standard of living will only increase with more quality jobs.

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