Recognising the damage that body-shaming and cyberbullying can do, the Johor Bahru High Court recently awarded RM100,000 to an entrepreneur who was on the receiving end of this on Facebook.

In his judgment, judicial commissioner Shamsulbahri Ibrahim said the RM100,000 was reasonable compensation given the "choice of words uttered by the defendant, which was not only defamed but also cyber-bullied and body-shamed the plaintiff".

He also ordered the defendant to...