Malaysiakini and Gan had maintained that they could not be held responsible and that the offending comments had been immediately removed after they were contacted by police. The fine was more than double the RM200,000 prosecutors had sought, though the court cleared Gan of any offence. the content was spurious and reprehensible in nature and the content involved allegations of corruption which were unproven and untrue,' said judge Rohana Yusuf, who chaired the panel. 'The impugned statements had gone far and wide. In a six to one decision on Friday, a Federal Court panel found Malaysiakini was fully responsible for publishing the readers' comments that 'undermined the system of justice in the country' and fined the news portal RM500,000В (US$123,000). Last year, MalaysiaвЂ™s attorney-general filed an application to cite Malaysiakini and editor-in-chief Steven Gan for contempt of court over five comments posted by readers on its website that it said undermined public confidence in the judiciary. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's highest court on Friday (Feb 19) found news portal Malaysiakini in contempt of court over comments posted by readers deemed offensive to the judiciary, in a case widely seen as a test of media freedom in the country.

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