Hannah Yeoh wins defamation suit, Kamarul Zaman ordered to pay RM400,000 in damages


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) senior lecturer Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff to pay RM400,000 in damages to Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh in a defamation suit over the former's Facebook posting in 2017.

Justice Aliza Sulaiman made the ruling in favour of Yeoh after finding that the politician had proven her case on a balance of probabilities.

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