Sungkai state assemblyperson A Sivanesan has won RM320,000 in damages in his defamation suit against a farmer as well as English daily The Star and its journalist.

The High Court in Shah Alam ordered Poh Wai Sheng, a farmer from Kampung Baharu Kuala Bikam in Perak, to pay RM50,000 in damages.

The Star Media Group and its writer Foong Pek Yee were ordered to...