Kuala Lumpur: The High Court here has ordered former Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy to pay RM1.52 million in damages to Dr Zakir Naik for defaming the controversial Islamic televangelist between 2017 and 2019.
Justice Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz said Naik, who is a permanent resident here, had proved his case on the balance of probabilities.In her verdict, Hayatul said Naik had discharged the burden of proof in respect of the five statements which were the subject matter of two suits before her.She awarded Naik RM1 million in general damages, RM250,000 in exemplary damages, RM100,000 in compensatory damages, RM100,000 in aggravated damages, and a global sum of RM70,000 as costs.
Naik, who is a permanent resident, also said Ramasamy defamed him in another statement published by FMT on Oct 1, 2017 by claiming that Malaysia was harbouring a “fugitive from India”. On Aug 20, 2019, he said, Ramasamy again defamed him in a statement published by India Today which, he said, was laced with “hatred and spite”.
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