Household items of former Wanita Umno chief sealed
IPOH: Household items belonging to former Gopeng Wanita Umno chief Datuk Hamidah Osman, at Kampung Tersusun Jalan Gopeng here, were sealed on Wednesday night after she failed to settle the RM200,000 compensation in a 2011 defamation suit.
According to Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad’s counsel Nadzratun Naim Hammad Azizi, the order was issued when Hamidah failed to pay damages to Khalid after he won a defamation suit against the former Sungai Rapat assemblyman.
“The household items were sealed based on a seizure and sales order issued by the Shah Alam High Court to the Ipoh High Court bailiff,” he said. Hamidah has confirmed the matter. On April 27, the Shah Alam High Court ordered Hamidah to pay RM200,000 in damages to Khalid when she lost a defamation suit over her blog post some time in January 2010, titled “Umat Islam Perlu Bersatu” in which she superimposed Khalid’s picture and portrayed him as a Christian priest. – Bernama