00:00Sungai Besar UMNO Chief Jamal Yunus is prepared to apologize to former Health Minister Kairi Jamaluddin
00:06to resolve a defamation suit over remarks made in 2023.
00:11Jamal's lawyer V. Muguntan said his client was willing to issue an apology,
00:16but that mediation was ongoing as Kairi is also seeking damages.
00:20He also told reporters that Justice Anand Ponudurai had ordered the matter to be transferred to the session's court
00:28as it is unlikely the plaintiff would be awarded more than RM1 million in damages.
00:34Kairi's counsel, Shital Kaur earlier, said her client had yet to propose any specific sum.
00:39He was prepared to accept in damages.
00:42She said Jamaluddin had only offered an apology which Kairi declined as the case has been in the public spotlight.
00:49In his statement of claim, Kairi said the remarks implied that he lacked integrity and was unfit to be a
00:56party leader.
00:56He also claimed the remarks had subjected him to public humiliation.
01:02Kairi Jho, FMT
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