‘Lesson for spreading falsehoods’


Settled: Khairy posing for a picture after winning his ­lawsuit against Abu Syafiq over defamatory statements on the Covid-19 vaccine that were uploaded on social media three years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Health minister Khairy Jama­luddin has won RM2.5mil in damages after he successfully sued an ustaz for defamation over social media posts related to the Covid-19 vaccine.

High Court judge Justice Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan also awarded RM50,000 in costs to the former Rembau Member of Parliament.

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