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Jamal Yunos fails to overturn High Court ruling in Teresa Kok defamation suit

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PUTRAJAYA, March 27 — Umno Sungai Besar Division chief, Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos, failed in his appeal to set aside the High Court’s decision ordering him to pay RM300,000 in...

A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal led by Judge Datuk Supang Lian, alongside Datuk Azman Abdullah and Datuk Wong Kian Kheong, dismissed Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos’s appeal after concluding that it lacked merit.

The panel upheld the decision of the Kuala Lumpur High Court and also ordered Jamal to pay costs of RM20,000. On July 26, 2022, Teresa Kok successfully obtained RM300,000 in damages following her victory in a defamation lawsuit against Jamal, pertaining to allegations of misusing Yawas funds, with the High Court ruling in her favour.Teresa Kok initiated the lawsuit on April 6, 2017, accusing Jamal of making defamatory statements about her concerning Yawas funds during a press conference on March 8, 2017.

 

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