Jamal Yunos issues public apology to Khairy, settling defamation suit

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]The defamation suit filed by former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin against Sungai Besar UMNO division chief Jamal Yunus has been resolved. This is after Jamal issued a public apology to Khairy before the Kuala Lumpur High Court. Khairy had initiated the suit on May 24th, 2023 over a media statement allegedly containing defamatory remarks made during the 2022 UMNO general assembly on January 14th of that year.

[00:00:23]While reading the draft consent judgment, Jamal admitted that his allegations against the former Rembau MP were false, unfounded, and lacking in evidence. According to Bernama, he said he sincerely regrets the publication and dissemination of the said statements, which have caused distress, public contempt, and injury to Khairy's reputation, character, and credibility.

[00:00:44]He admitted he had falsely alleged that Khairy hired or paid delegates to jeer and also implied the former leader was corrupt and lacked integrity. He also retracted fully all defamatory statements he had issued against Khairy during the media conference and in the said publication. Jamal added that he would remove the videos of the said media conference and agreed not to repeat or republish any similar or equivalent statements against Khairy in the future. Earlier, Khairy's counsel, Harshaan Zamaney, informed the court that both parties had agreed to settle the matter on the terms of the resolution reached.