COMMENT “In victory, magnanimity.”

Winston Churchill's wartime counsel ought to be Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's guide in the flush of his court victory yesterday over Utusan Malaysia .

This victory may be overturned on appeal; the appellate courts in the country are not known to be Pakatan Rakyat-friendly, having upheld appeals against decisions awarded by courts in favour of the opposition.

Nevertheless, Lim's success in the Utusan case ought to be occasion for the lifting of a ban on the Umno-owned paper's coverage of his public functions...