Journalist fined for defaming Ghassan
08 Feb 2010, 5:47 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The former editor of weekly magazine Sandhaanu has been ordered to pay Rf5000 (US$389)for defaming Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, the former president’s son.
Ghassan took Abdulla ‘Fahala’ Saeed to the civil court seeking Rf3.375 million (US$262,600) over an article Fahala had written in the 118th edition of Sandhaanu magazine.
Ghassan claimed he lost support in the parliamentary election because of rumours about him published in an article written by Fahala.
Fahala claimed that the Rf5000 fine was “an injustice” and announced he intended to take the case to high court.
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