KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13 -- The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Federal Territories Minister Hannah Yeoh in her defamation suit against former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, ordering him to pay her RM250,000 in global damages.

A three-member Court of Appeal bench led by Federal Court Judge Datuk Azimah Omar, sitting with Court of Appeal Judges Datuk Dr Choo Kah Sing and Datuk Dr Shahnaz Sulaiman, also ordered Musa to pay Hannah RM60,000 in costs.

Justice Azimah said the judicial commissioner had erred in dismissing Hannah's suit and that appellate intervention was warranted, according to a Bernama report.

"The learned judicial commissioner had erred in her decision when she dismissed Hannah's lawsuit. We allow the...