Lim Guan Eng has turned to the civil court to compel Zuraida Kamaruddin to pay him damages over purported defamation linked to an allegedly rejected allocation to construct houses in five estates in Kuala Kubu Baharu.

Lim, who is former finance minister, filed the defamation suit at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today, targeting the former housing and local government minister as one of three defendants.