Appeals Court orders Musa Hassan to pay RM250,000 in damages to Hannah Yeoh for defamation


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 that the learned judicial commissioner had erred in her decision when she dismissed Yeoh's lawsuit.

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