The Federal Court has reinstated a High Court decision that ordered Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) and its president Ibrahim Ali to pay RM150,000 in damages to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng for defamation.

In a 2-1 majority decision which was delivered via Zoom, the three-member bench led by Federal Court judge Nallini Pathmanathan allowed Lim's appeal to set aside the Court of Appeal's decision which had overturned the High Court ruling...