The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today ordered Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor to pay RM50,000 in damages to Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar over a defamatory statement made on Facebook two years ago.

Judicial Commissioner Mohd Arief Emran Arifin made the order after allowing a defamation suit filed by Mahfuz as the plaintiff...