Former Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad failed in his bid to obtain leave to proceed with his appeal at the Federal Court against a Court of Appeal decision in setting aside the RM80,000 in damages awarded to him for defamation.

A Federal Court three-member panel comprising Justices Rohana Yusuf and Federal Court judges Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal and Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, in an online court proceeding today, dismissed Khalid’s application and ordered him to pay RM30,000 costs.

In the court’s decision...