Perlis Mufti wins partial defamation claim, awarded RM250,000 over GISBH posts
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — Perlis Mufti Datuk Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin was awarded RM250,000 in damages after the High Court ruled in his favour on part of his defamation claim...
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Judicial Commissioner Rihaida Rafie allowed part of the suit filed by Mohd Asri, 55, against Mohd Nawawi Abdul Razak, 39.
In her judgment, Rihaida said the court found that only the first of the four statements published by the defendant was defamatory, while the plaintiff had failed to prove that the remaining three statements fulfilled the legal elements of defamation.
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- Jul 31, 2026
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