Khalid had sued the two parties for allegedly implying that he had misused his position in his personal capacity and public office.
High Court judge Justice Hue Siew Kheng recorded the settlement in chambers in the presence of counsel K. Muralidharan who appeared for Khalid and Senior Federal Counsel Zureen Elina Mohd Dom for the two defendants.
"MACC had published an explanation on the alleged video interview in its portal," SFC Zureen Elina said.
She added that Justice Hue did not make any order as to costs.
In a statement dated Aug 22, MACC said it deeply regretted posting the video on its official website, adding that the action was not meant to damage the credibility of Khalid as a leader.
On Dec 24, 2013, Khalid filed the suit claiming that the defendants had on April 4 last year interviewed one Airos Shahidin Manaf, and then uploaded the video interview on MACC's official web portal and YouTube.
Khalid claimed that the interview was later downloaded, transcribed, printed and published in the local and foreign newspapers.
Khalid contended that the words in the article had implied that he was guilty of corrupt practice, untrustworthy and not fit to be a politician.
He further said that the defendants had failed to verify the truth of the allegations, adding that the article lowered his dignity as Bandar Tun Razak Member of Parliament and Port Klang state assemblyman.
He is seeking compensation and/or general damages as well as aggravated and exemplary damages from Abu Kassim and the Government
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