In rare use of controversial law, woman linked to Albert-Shamsul case charged with defaming businessman

A woman at the centre of last year's corruption scandal involving the Prime Minister's Office now faces two years in jail after she was charged with defaming former PKR leader turned multimillionaire businessman Farhash Wafa Salvador, in what is seen as a rare use of the controversial law that criminalises defamation.

Sofia Rini Buyong is charged under Section 500 of the Penal Code over a claim she made during a secretly taped conversation, in which she made certain allegations against Farhash.

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