+1<br><br>On Tuesday, 4 January 2022, Andrew Alston via Community-Discuss <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Firstly – generally not a good idea to air such things on a public mailing list – that’s just common sense.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Secondly – there is a vast difference between a contradictory view – and calling someone a criminal when they have not been found guilty of any crime – the former is acceptable – the latter is defamatory.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thirdly – right or wrong – win or lose – legal battles – can cost a hell of a lot of money – and generally are a good idea to avoid them when you can do so, lest you end up bankrupt
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" target="_blank">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 4, 2022 4:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> General Discussions of AFRINIC <<a href="mailto:community-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">community-discuss@afrinic.net</a><wbr>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Community-Discuss] Fwd: DEFAMATION AGAINST MR. LU HENG :-/<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Community,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So while enjoying the festive holidays, I got served with a seize and desist by counsels of you know who? Well email read "Le Heng" who I suppose they meant, Lu Heng.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Well ofcourse I resisted and the rational is simple imho.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How come Lu Heng is accusing me of defamation for statements made on AFRINIC specific public discussion mailinglists and forum (
<a href="https://afrinic.net/email/amp" target="_blank">
https://afrinic.net/email/amp</a>)<wbr>:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As we all know, these public forums allow for contradictory discussions allowing Lu Heng and Cloud Innovation Ltd/Larus Limited to respond and provide their views and arguments. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Noah<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- **If you think you are too small to make a difference you haven't spent a night with a mosquito**.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lupi, Isaac</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:isaac.lupi@dentons.co.tz" target="_blank">isaac.lupi@dentons.co.tz</a>><br>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021, 18:56<br>
Subject: DEFAMATION AGAINST MR. LU HENG<br>
To: <a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" target="_blank">noah@neo.co.tz</a> <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" target="_blank">noah@neo.co.tz</a>>,<br>
Cc: Sipemba, Thomas <<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Noah,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are attorneys instructed to represent Mr. Le Heng in relation to your defamatory statements to him.
Please find attached a self-explanatory demand letter for your actioning. We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest possible convenience, in any event not more that
<b>seven (7) days</b> from the date of this demand. A hard copy of the letter will be hand delivered to your address in due course.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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