KJ’s vaccine defamation suit settled out of court, Lokman Noor apologises

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Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has expressed satisfaction after Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam agreed to apologise and pay an undisclosed compensation to him.  The agreement was reached on Monday (April 15) at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, following a lawsuit Khairy filed against Lokman for making defamatory statements about the Covid-19 vaccine issue in 2022.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ytxrur6v  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 [Train passing]

00:06 Former Health Minister Khairi Jamaluddin is satisfied after UMNO Supreme Council member

00:11 Datuk Lokman Nor Adam agreed to apologise and pay undisclosed compensation.

00:17 The agreement was reached on Monday at the Kuala Lumpur High Court,

00:20 following a lawsuit Khairi filed against Lokman for making defamatory statements

00:25 about the COVID-19 vaccine issue two years ago.

00:28 I would like to thank the judge for his forgiveness and for agreeing to pay the compensation.

00:43 Khairi was present in court while Lokman was absent and represented only by his lawyer.

00:49 During the proceedings, Lokman agreed to delete seven posts from his Facebook and YouTube pages,

00:55 refrain from publishing the defamatory statements and issue apologies in both Malay and English on these platforms.

01:03 The 48-year-old Khairi, who is also former Rambau MP, had initiated the legal action in his personal capacity,

01:10 alleging that Lokman defamed him through two videos and posts on January 6.

01:16 He argued that this falsely portrayed him as lying about his vaccination status and deceiving the public,

01:22 thereby damaging his reputation and integrity.

01:26 The video was recorded on January 6, 2020.

01:30 The video was recorded on January 6, 2020.

01:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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