A woman pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court today to a charge of defaming businessperson Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak through a video recording uploaded last April.

Sofia Rini Buyong, 50, was accused of making defamatory statements alleging that Farhash, who is now a Turkish citizen, had stolen money and transferred it overseas, including to Turkiye and several African countries.

The allegedly...