The High Court in George Town today dismissed a defamation suit filed by former finance minister Lim Guan Eng against MCA vice-president Tan Teik Cheng and the English daily, The Star.

Lim, who is also former DAP secretary-general, filed the suit in March last year over Tan's opinion piece published in the Letter to the Editor section of The Star demanding Lim to explain himself over a claim that RM4 million from the federal treasury given to a Chinese primary school in Johor, SJK(C) Kuek Ho Yao, came with a condition to change its name.

Judge Quay Chew Soon in his decision ruled that the comment made by Tan in the opinion piece was not defamatory and ordered Lim...