Rosmah wins RM100,000 in defamation case over black magic allegation
08 Jul 2025 12:14pm
Datin Rosmah Mansor - BERNAMA FILE PIX
KUALA LUMPUR - The High Court today ordered a TikTok account holder to pay damages of RM100,000 to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in a defamation suit filed by the wife of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Judge Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh ordered Ku Muhammad Hilmie Ku Din, 35, to pay the amount to Rosmah, after finding that the plaintiff had successfully established her entitlement to damages for defamation.
"This court finds a global award in the sum of RM100,000 for general and aggravated damages. This court has decided not to award exemplary damages.
"The claim for exemplary damages is not allowed as there is no cogent evidence before this court to support such an award," he said during the decision for the assessment of damages today. The proceeding was held online.
The court ordered interest of five per cent per annum on the judgment sum to be imposed from the date of judgment until full satisfaction of the award.
Ku Muhammad Hilmie Ku Din, 35, was also ordered to pay costs of RM20,000.
In his judgment, Shahrir said the court found that the defamatory allegations levelled against Rosmah impute her involvement in supernatural practices and associate her with spiritual entities.
"These imputations constitute an attack on her character in the domains of religious integrity and moral standing.
"In a societal context where religious values and moral propriety carry significant weight, such allegations assume a particular seriousness and have the potential to cause distinct reputational harm,' he said.
Shahrir said he had considered the judicial trend towards moderation in damages, describing it as compensatory in nature and not intended to be punitive.
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