Free Malaysia Today·3 min read·medium
Ex-IGP loses bid to appeal Hannah’s defamation lawsuit
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Ho Kit Yen
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The Malaysian Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by former police chief Musa Hassan, upholding a defamation ruling in favor of minister Hannah Yeoh. Hassan was ordered to pay RM250,000 in damages for falsely claiming Yeoh intended to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation.
Musa Hassan told a forum in 2020 that an unnamed group linked to DAP was trying to destroy Islam in the country, and claimed that Hannah Yeoh had written a book to 'make this country a Christian country'.
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