DEFAMATION SUIT SETTLED

KUALA LUMPUR: A defamation suit filed by Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s press secretary, Datuk Seri Tengku Sarifuddin Tengku Ahmad, was settled yesterday after the latter apologised. Tengku Sarifuddin, 56, in his statement of apology which he read before judge Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, said he also regretted the negative implications faced by Mukhriz as a result of the media statements issued by him and promised not to do it again. – Bernama