Hannah Yeoh wins defamation suit against UUM lecturer
Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh after winning her lawsuit against Universiti Utara Malaysia lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.
KUALA LUMPUR : The High Court has ordered Universiti Utara Malaysia lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff to pay Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh RM400,000 in damages for defaming her in two Facebook posts published in 2017.
Justice Aliza Sulaiman awarded the sum as general and aggravated damages – RM200,000 for each defamatory post. The court also ordered Kamarul to pay RM80,000 in legal costs.
However, the judge rejected Yeoh's request for a public apology, stating 'any apology would not be sincere'.
It is understood that Kamarul, who was not present during the court proceeding, intends to appeal the decision.
Yeoh filed the lawsuit in 2022 over the Facebook posts by Kamarul. One was an article titled 'Hannah Yeoh contoh hipokrasi terbesar DAP di Malaysia' (Hannah Yeoh, the biggest example of DAP hypocrisy in Malaysia), and the other was a police report which he lodged against her and later shared online.
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