PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ordered former inspector-general of police Tan Sri Musa Hassan to pay RM250,000 in damages to Federal Territories Minister Hannah Yeoh for defamation over his remarks made in a forum six years ago.
Justice Azimah Omar, now a Federal Court judge, said the learned judicial commissioner erred in dismissing Yeoh's lawsuit.
"We allow the appeal and hereby order the decision to be reversed and set aside," she said here on Tuesday (Jan 13).
In addition to the global sum of RM250,000 in damages, the court awarded Yeoh RM60,000 in costs.
Other judges on the panel were Court of Appeal judges Justices Dr Choo Kah Sing and Dr Shahnaz Sulaiman.
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