Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has been awarded RM2.5 million in damages in a defamation lawsuit he filed against Rasyiq Mohd Alwi, also known as Ustaz Abu Syafiq, over social media posts related to the Covid-19 vaccine made three years ago.

High Court judge Raja Ahmad Mohzanuddin Shah Raja Mohzan also awarded RM50,000 in costs to the former Rembau MP.