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KUALA LUMPUR: Vivy Yusof, founder of FashionValet and Duck Group (pix) has filed a defamation lawsuit against a netizen, for allegedly defaming her on the issue that the government helps the B40 and M40 groups affected by the Covid-19 outbreak.
The lawsuit was filed by Vivy, 33, or her real name Vivy Sofinas Yusof through Messrs. Foong Cheng Leong & Co on June 15, naming Alia Najwa Hassannudin, 28, as the sole defendant.
Case management was resolved today before High Court Judge Rohani Ismail, and as a result of the court review, the next case management was established on October 7.
According to the claim statement found in an electronic search, Vivy, as a plaintiff, said on March 28 that she had posted a video on her Instagram account of a conversation between four businessmen about the economic impact of Covid-19 and the economic stimulus. . Package announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Vivy claimed on March 30 that the defendant had posted several statements about the plaintiff on the defendant’s Facebook and Instagram account and wrongly said that the plaintiff had questioned the government’s action to help groups B40 and M40, despite not contribute to the country’s economy.
The businesswoman alleged that the defamatory words, among others, meant that the plaintiff did not sympathize with the B40 and M40 groups and was arrogant and selfish in addition to being unprofessional, in addition to giving importance to profit alone.
Vivy said the defamatory words also prompted the launch of a petition on a website on April 1, to press for the removal of the plaintiff from the board of directors of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), for insulting such groups, and since then the petition has been signed by more than 230,000 Internet users.
He asserted that on April 2, the lawsuit was issued to the defendant and demanded that she stop posting defamatory statements against the plaintiff on social media, and alleged that the defendant had responded to the lawsuit through Facebook, however the response did not comply. with all the demands of the plaintiff.
As such, the plaintiff seeks general, aggravated, and exemplary relief and a court order for the defendant to remove the defamatory words, in addition to requesting that it issue a statement of apology to the plaintiff.Called
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