KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) president Datuk Azwanddin Hamzah has agreed to apologise and pay RM40,000 to Deputy Defence Minister Senator Liew Chin Tong for his defamatory remarks on the latter’s “communist uniform”.

A consent judgment by High Court Judge Azimah Omar today recorded that Liew and Azwanddin had agreed to the settlement and the latter had to issue an apology within 14 days of the judgment.