Defamation law: are they aware? Do they know? / Hazlin Hasan … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Hasan, Hazlin, Md Pauzi, Suria Fadhillah, Mustapha, Musramaini, Ghazali, Mohd Samsuri
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Criminal law and procedure; Civil law
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/78051/1/78051.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/78051/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

By definition defamation is the act of injuring someone's character or reputation by expressing false statements that may lower that person's reputation in the eyes of the public. Regardless of race or religion, slander and gossips have been noted to cause destruction to the community and...