DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang’s statement imputed guilt on the part of former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali over alleged involvement in covering up the 1MDB affair, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Counsel Rueben Mathiavaranam acting for Apandi who is appealing in a defamation suit against the veteran politician, submitted that the respondent’s 2019 article directly implicated the appellant of wrongdoing.

The lawyer told the