Testifying in Yeoh’s lawsuit against him, Musa said he was only aware that several police reports had been filed in respect of the contents of Yeoh’s autobiography titled “Becoming Hannah, A Personal Journey”.

The book describes Yeoh’s journey as an ordinary Malaysian woman whose life was transformed through her personal faith as a Christian, which later led her into politics.

Lawyer Razlan Hadri Zulkifli, representing Yeoh, then asked Musa if he knew whether she was charged in court for any offence arising from the complaints made in the police reports.

“She was not,” Musa said.

Yeoh filed her suit against Musa in 2020, alleging that the former top cop had told a forum at Universiti Teknologi Mara on Jan 30, 2020 that she was involved in an attempt to turn Malaysia into a Christian nation.

She claims Musa, who was IGP from 2006 to 2010, told the forum that an unnamed evangelical group linked to DAP was trying to destroy Islam in the country.

Musa is also alleged to have said that Yeoh had written a book “to make this country a Christian country”.

Yeoh is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages from Musa, and an injunction to restrain him and other parties from further publishing the impugned statements.

Kamarul wrote about Yeoh as well, says Musa

Musa told the court that Universiti Utara Malaysia lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff had written an “academic exposure” of Yeoh’s biography on his Facebook account.

“Kamarul had said that Yeoh’s book contained elements of proselytisation. I relied on his (Kamarul) post as the basis of my speech (at the UiTM forum),” he said.

Razlan then asked whether Musa thought what Kamarul wrote in his Facebook post about Yeoh’s book was an “academic writing”.

“In my view, it was,” Musa said.

The lawyer also asked Musa about the invitation he received from the event’s organiser.

“You mentioned that this was a closed-door function, but the invitation letter did not say so,” Razlan said.

In response, Musa said only certain people received invitations to attend the forum, and thus he assumed it was a closed-door event.

Musa also said it was his personal view that Yeoh was trying to turn the country into a “Christian nation”, which he based on the contents of her book.

“I did not say (at the forum) that she was involved (with the evangelical group), but that the book might influence others,” he said.

The hearing before judicial commissioner Arziah Apandi continues on July 25 and 26.