Backman, however, did not enter an appearance in the court proceedings.
Malaysia's High Court on June 6 ordered British author Michael Backman to pay a total of RM1.2 million ($0.35 million) in damages to former banker and The Edge Media Group chairman Tan Sri Tong Kooi Ong for defamation in the book "Daim Zainuddin: Malaysia’s Revolutionary and Troubleshooter".
The court also ordered Backman to pay costs of RM100,000, and upheld a prohibitory injunction against Backman granted last March, from repeating the defamatory posts in his book that defamed Tong.
