Hannah Yeoh wins defamation suit, Kamarul Zaman ordered to pay RM400,000 in damages
Justice Aliza Sulaiman made the ruling in favour of Yeoh after finding that the politician had proven her case on a balance of probabilities.
The defamation suit, filed in 2022, arose from two Facebook posts made by Kamarul Zaman from May 10 to May 17, 2017, in which he alleged that Hannah had a proselytising agenda and was using her political platform to advance Christianity.
He also cited her autobiography, Becoming Hannah: A Personal Journey, as evidence of her purported Christian agenda, further alleging that she sought to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation.
In his statement of defence, Kamarul Zaman denied that the posts were defamatory and asserted that his statements were justified.
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