Defamation: Lecturer ordered to pay Yeoh RM400k
Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff has been ordered to pay RM400,000 in damages to Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision was in relation to Kamarul's Facebook posts in 2017, which defamed the DAP lawmaker.
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