KEPONG lawmaker Lim Lip Eng has been granted a stay to pay RM2 million in damages in a defamation suit filed against him by MonSpace (M) Sdn Bhd and its founder Jessy Lai.

A three-member Court of Appeal bench allowed Lim’s application for the stay after his lawyer, S.N. Nair, told the court that his client and the respondents had reached an agreement to stay the High Court order made on March 16 pending the disposal of Lim’s appeal at the Court of Appeal.