When an out of court settlement was signed on January 24th, 2019 agreeing that the Sarawak Report’s legal bills should be paid to the tune of RM1.4 million (RM1,422,980.00) as part of the arrangement to allow Hadi Awang to withdraw from his case, Sarawak Report agreed to Hadi’s condition that both parties keep the payment confidential.
When an out of court settlement was signed on January 24th, 2019 agreeing that the Sarawak Report’s legal bills should be paid to the tune of RM1.4 million (RM1,422,980.00) as part of the arrangement to allow Hadi Awang to withdraw from his case, Sarawak Report agreed to Hadi’s condition that both parties keep the payment confidential. It is a common provision of such settlements that the out-of-court payments are kept confidential to spare the blushes of the party who paid, in return for saving both parties the further time and expense of further litigation.In the event, the settlement payment was placed in escrow with Sarawak Report’s Malaysian lawyer to be released to Sarawak Report the moment that the court order withdrawing Hadi’s English case was stamped and sealed.
However, Sarawak Report only agreed to the UK court order to drop Hadi’s case on the condition its costs were paid.
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