Rosmah wins RM100,000 in suit against TikToker
Justice Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh said Rosmah had successfully established her entitlement to damages for defamation in the lawsuit against Ku Muhammad Hilmie Ku Din, and that a global award of RM100,000 was a 'just and proportionate assessment'.
'This global award in the sum of RM100,000 comprises general and aggravated 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 when delivering his decision for assessment of damages here yesterday.
The court ordered that interest at the rate of 5% per annum on the judgment sum be imposed from the date of judgment until full satisfaction of the award.
On May 28 last year, the same court allowed Rosmah's application to enter a judgment in default (JID) against TikTok account owner, Ku Muhammad Hilmie, who failed to enter an appearance in the case.
Rosmah filed the suit through Messrs Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak on Sept 19, 2023.
She claimed that Ku Muhammad Hilmie had uploaded a TikTok video on March 2, 2023, containing defamatory content against her.
The wife of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak claimed the post, in its ordinary meaning, implied that she committed a sin, was linked to bomoh activities and Satan, had practised polytheism and that she should repent.
She said the video had prejudiced her reputation as the wife of a former prime minister of Malaysia and patron to charities.
Rosmah claimed that as a result, her reputation as a public figure was smeared.
She sought general, aggravated and exemplary damages, and an injunction to stop Ku Muhammad Hilmie or his assistants or agents from repeating the defamatory post, in addition to other relief deemed fit by the court.
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