The Court of Appeal has fixed Aug 8 to hear Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng’s application to stay a lower court ruling for him to pay RM2 million damages in a defamation suit.

The DAP lawmaker seeks the stay pending disposal of his main appeal against the Kuala Lumpur High Court decision that found he had defamed e-commerce firm, MonSpace (M) Sdn Bhd and its founder Jessy Lai.

Lim’s counsel Sankara Nair confirmed with the media...