Yeoh seeks bankruptcy order against UUM lecturer over unpaid court award

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The Segambut MP’s lawyer says her client is entitled to claim RM400,000 in damages and RM80,000 in legal costs, as no stay has been granted yet.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/08/15/yeoh-seeks-bankruptcy-order-against-uum-lecturer-over-unpaid-court-award   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/08/15/gagal-bayar-ganti-rugi-yeoh-mohon-pensyarah-uum-diisytihar-bangkrap   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 #KamarulZamanYusoff #UUM

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00:00Segambot MP Hannah Yeo has initiated bankruptcy proceedings against University

00:05Utara Malaysia lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusof after he failed to pay more than 400,000 ringgit

00:11in damages and costs awarded for defaming her. Yeo's lawyer Sangit Kordiyo told FMT that Kamarul

00:18had not paid the damages and costs despite the High Court's decision in May. She said they had

00:23commenced bankruptcy proceedings against him and as they were unable to serve the notice papers

00:28directly, they obtained an order to do so via substituted service, which included placing

00:33an advertisement in a newspaper. Yeo, the youth and sports minister, had filed a lawsuit in 2022

00:39over Kamarul's Facebook posts. On May 30, the High Court ordered Kamarul to pay Yeo

00:44400,000 ringgit in damages and 80,000 ringgit in legal costs for defaming her in two Facebook

00:50posts published in 2017. On the same day, Kamarul said he would appeal against the High Court decision

00:56and challenged both the factual findings and legal basis of the ruling.

01:00Sangit confirmed that Kamarul had filed an appeal in June but delayed seeking a stay,

01:05allowing the plaintiff to enforce the judgment. She added that the hearing for his

01:09stay application has been set for August 28th. Narmatha Raja, FMT.

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