00:01Jasin M. P. Zulkifli Ismail and Haraka newspaper have issued a public apology to Education
00:07Minister Fadlina Siddek over statements that falsely claimed she had banned Islamic prayers
00:13in schools during Palestine Solidarity Week in 2023. Reading out the agreed judgment in
00:19the KL Sessions Court on Monday, Zulkifli, who also serves as PAS Malacca Commissioner,
00:24acknowledged that his words had caused public misunderstanding and damaged the minister's
00:28reputation. He said that schools had in fact been permitted to recite the takbir and read
00:34Kunut Nazala throughout the week. As part of the settlement, they pledged not to repeat,
00:39republish or redistribute the statements, nor make any similar claims in any form going forward.
00:45Fadlina, who is also Nibongtabal MP, had filed the defamation lawsuit against Zulkifli, Haraka's
00:51publisher, Galeri Media Serbanika Senderian Berhad, and the newspaper's then editor-in-chief,
00:56Mazlan Juso. Judge Hilmiah Yusof recorded the consent judgment and ordered the three defendants
01:02to pay 15,000 ringgit in costs to the plaintiff.
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