00:00Former Health Minister Khairi Jamaluddin has won 2.5 million ringgit in damages after he
00:08successfully sued an ustaz over social media posts related to the COVID-19 vaccine.
00:14High Court Judge Justice Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah, Raja Mohzan also awarded 50,000 ringgit
00:20in costs to the former Rembau MP. On January 25, 2022, Khairi sued Mohamed Rashik Mohamed
00:28Alwi, also known as Ustaz Abu Shafiq, for making several defamatory statements, including
00:34posting three videos and photos on Ustaz Abu Shafiq's Instagram on October 20, 2021, and
00:42January 6 and 10, 2022. Khairi claimed that the defamatory statements meant, among other
00:49things, that he lied and deceived the public about having been given the COVID-19 vaccine
00:54and received the third dose, as well as falsifying information regarding his vaccination status.
01:01Justice Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin ruled that the defamatory statements were unquestionably false,
01:07baseless, unsubstantiated, and unwarranted. The judge further said there was not a shred of
01:13evidence to show that Khairi, as then Minister of Health, failed to manage and curtail the spread
01:19of COVID-19 as suggested by the defendant. Khairi, when met by the media, said he was
01:24grateful for the court's decision.
01:26I am very interested in the judge, in which he said, this is not only the judge of my
01:34community, but also the courage and the ability of all of the people who are in frontliners,
01:39and we also have all the benefits of the health care and the health care and health care.
01:46We also have the opportunity to support the health care and the health care and the health care and health care.
01:59and we have all the best in the future to be able to protect our lives from our lives.
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