KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has obtained a judgment in default (JID) from the High Court against a TikToker who mocked her looks.
Judge Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh granted the JID today after Ku Muhammad Hilmie Ku Din, the owner of TikTok account "CEO Hilmie Fighter" failed to make an appearance in Rosmah's defamation suit against him.
A JID is a court ruling favouring one party due to the opposing party's failure to respond or appear in court, thus allowing the plaintiff to win by default.
Shahrir also made an order for general, aggravated and exemplary damages to be assessed by the High Court at a later date.
The wife of jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak filed the suit via Messrs Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak on Sept 19 last year.
Rosmah asserted that the 34-year-old defendant had uploaded a TikTok video on March 2, 2023, containing defamatory content against her.
She claimed the video implied that she had committed a sin by participating in bomoh activities and practiced polytheism, which is against Islam.
Rosmah claimed that the video had prejudiced her reputation as the wife of a former prime minister as well as patron for various non-governmental organisations.