Kuala Lampur, Jan. 29 -- The High Court has awarded RM550,000 in damages to businessman Farhash Wafa Salvador in his defamation suit against political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, and a content creator over a podcast published last year.

Judicial Commissioner Arziah Apandi ruled today that the statements made by Badrul were "serious, damaging and actionable," as they had portrayed Farhash as corrupt, manipulative, and undeserving of his professional and political positions, Free Malaysia Today reported.

Farhash had sued Badrul and content creator Nurpais Ismail after they published a series of statements and videos in May 2023, which he claimed were false and malicious.

The publications accused him of cor...