Hannah loses ‘Christian nation’ libel suit against ex-IGP Musa

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The High Court says youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh failed to prove her case on a balance of probabilities.    Read More:   https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/23/hannah-loses-christian-nation-libel-suit-against-ex-igp-musa/    Laporan Lanjut:   https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/12/23/gagal-saman-bekas-kpn-musa-berkait-negara-kristian-hannah-kemuka-rayuan/    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.      Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW   Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG   Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP    #FMTNews #HannahYeoh #MusaHassan #KLHighCourt

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00:00The Kuala Lumpur High Court has dismissed Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh's lawsuit

00:06accusing former Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan of defaming her by saying she

00:10had tried to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation.

00:14The court ruled that Yeoh had failed to prove her claim on a balance of probabilities and

00:19awarded Musa costs of RM40,000.

00:22Judicial Commissioner Arzea Apandi said Musa's speech at a UITM forum in 2020 did not specifically

00:29refer to Yeoh and that many of his remarks referred to other people.

00:34The court said there was no evidence of widespread dissemination, noting that the forum, broadcast

00:39on Facebook Live, had an engagement rate of less than 1%.

00:43The court said while responsible speech is important, public figures must expect and

00:48tolerate robust criticism and debate about their public statements and activities.

00:53Yeoh sued Musa in 2020 over his allegation that she had written a book to turn Malaysia

00:58into a Christian nation.

01:00Yeoh previously published an autobiography titled Becoming Hannah, A Personal Journey,

01:05describing her journey as a Malaysian woman whose life was transformed through her Christian

01:09faith, which later led her into politics.

01:12Natasha Biest, FMT News.

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