Pas Backs Ex Lecturer In Ongoing Legal Dispute With Hannah Yeoh

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The party’s youth chief says Kamarul Zaman Yusoff’s statements against the minister are ‘factual analysis’ and not slander.
(FMT) – PAS Youth has thrown its weight behind former lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff in his legal battle with youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh.
The defamation suit filed by Yeoh stems from allegations that Kamarul falsely accused her of using religion for political purposes.
In a statement today, PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden said Kamarul’s statements against Yeoh were “factual analysis” and not slander as claimed by the minister.
“They are not slander or reckless accusations, but rather a factual analysis that aims to raise awareness of the subtle threat to the position of Islam as the religion of the federation.
“The right to voice one’s opinion is the right of every Malaysian guaranteed under the Federal Constitution.
“PAS Youth views this issue seriously, especially when it contradicts the country’s official religion and touches on Malay-Muslim sensitivities, disrupting societal harmony in this country,” he said.
Yeoh filed the suit in 2022 over two Facebook posts by Kamarul in May 2017, in which he accused the Segambut MP of attempting to “proselytise Christianity through her politics”.
Kamarul, previously a special officer to then prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from 2021 to 2022, also said Yeoh’s biography, Becoming Hannah: A Personal Journey, drives a “Christian agenda”.
Yeoh said the lecturer also claimed that she “intends to convert Malaysia into a Christian country”.
Yeoh contends that the words are offensive, completely untrue and a malicious attempt to seriously defame her. She is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages from Kamarul.
In his statement of defence, Kamarul said his two Facebook posts were not defamatory and were justified.
Source : FreeMalaysiaToday
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