Two timber firms suing NGO Save Rivers for defamation

Two logging subsidiaries of Samling Group Sdn Bhd have filed a RM5 million defamation suit against Save Rivers over seven articles carried by the environmental group’s website.

Samling Plywood (Miri) Sdn Bhd and Samling Plywood (Baramas) Sdn Bhd filed the writ of summons at the Miri High Court in June.

The suit named Save Rivers Sdn Bhd; the group's...