UUM prof ordered to pay RM5,000 to Mujahid after court sets aside defamation suit

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has set aside a defamation suit by Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) professor Kamarul Zaman Yusoff against Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa today.

Kamarul (above) had filed the suit on July 28 last year over a 2017 commentary titled Disiplin ilmu bukan sentimen murahan (academic discipline, not cheap sentiments) written by Mujahid that was critical of the lecturer...