KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — Umno Youth exco member Datuk Najmil Faiz Mohamed Aris has apologised and retracted remarks he made against Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh three years ago.
Yeoh said Najmil made a consent judgment on April 5, 2023 after she filed a lawsuit against him for claiming she had said Islam supported underage marriage.
Saya minta pemuda UMNO Dr @najmil_faiz membuat permohonan maaf secara terbuka kerana fitnah jahat terhadap saya ini atau saya akan memulakan prosiding saman. https://t.co/LG7qurLYHt
— Hannah Yeoh (@hannahyeoh) March 11, 2020
Najmil made those claims on his social media pages on March 10, 2020.
“On April 5, 2023, Najmil’s consent judgment was recorded, and he has apologised and agreed to retract this statement ‘... she’s trying to instil fear in the public that Islamic leadership supports underage marriage’,” Yeoh said in a statement today.
Najmil also took to Twitter to announce that he had apologised, before adding that he and Yeoh had reached an amicable resolution to the suit.
“Me and YB Hannah Yeoh have agreed to an amicable solution following her lawsuit against me. I apologise for what I said and I’d like to retract the things I said about her,” he posted on Twitter.
Saya dan YB Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan telah bersetuju untuk satu penyelesaian damai berkenaan dengan tindakan tuntutan Mahkamah yang dimulakan oleh YB Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan terhadap saya.
— Dr Najmil Faiz (@najmil_faiz) April 9, 2023
