Influencer loses appeal, to pay RM100k for body shaming

Social media influencer Eira Aziera today failed in her appeal to set aside the High Court’s decision that ordered her to pay RM100,000 in damages for uttering abusive words and “body shaming” a female commissioner of oath via Facebook Live three years ago.

The three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal comprising judges Kamaludin Md Said, Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and SM Komathy Suppiah unanimously rejected the appeal of “Eira Aziera” or real name Noorazira Pissal after finding that the appeal had no merit...