41.   Amnesty International has accused Singapore leaders of using defamation suits against political opponents to inhibit them from freely expressing opinions.

42.   And ICANN faces a defamation suit for warning users about services that purport to pre-register names under suffixes not yet assigned.

43.   Attorneys for jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim served a court summons Friday against his former boss, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, in a massive defamation suit.

44.   But Banchob told local papers Wednesday he had withdrawn his defamation suit following the mediating session with the prime minister.

45.   Chee said he will formally apply on Thursday to have Martin Lee and Australian lawyer William Henric Nicholas represent him in the defamation suit.

46.   Carrero filed a defamation suit in October.

47.   Ekamol has filed defamation suits against Vijit and former Finance Minister Surakiart Sathirathai, who forced his resignation.

48.   Former deputy science minister Adisorn has already filed a defamation suit against Lt. Gen. Seri Temiyavej.

49.   He also said he will file a defamation suit in France next month against Ranariddh for remarks he claimed implied he was corrupt.

50.   He faces a total of six defamation suits, including one filed before the elections in an unrelated matter.