The Court of Appeal ordered former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng to pay RM250,000 to former Baling MP Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim over a defamation suit.

A three-person bench, chaired by judge Azizah Nawawi and comprising fellow judges Mariana Yahya and Azimah Omar- also ordered Lim to pay RM70,000 in costs to Azeez when the bench allowed the Umno veteran's appeal...