Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has filed a defamation suit against Gerakan Rakyat Anti Korupsi (Gerak) chairman Mohd Nazree Mohd Yunus over allegations related to his personal car, a Lexus, and the distribution of 46 cows to his parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur.
Khalid, who is also Bandar Tun Razak MP, claimed that Mohd Nazree, in a press statement on Jan 21, had disparaged him in both his private and official capacities.
Khalid filed the suit at the High Court here through his lawyer Sankara Nair at 11.30am Tuesday.
Khalid had filed two similar suits against former mentri besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo on Feb 18.
Khalid said the impugned statement and words were defamatory and meant that he was a dishonest person, a liar, was untrustworthy, unprincipled, corrupt, unethical, and an unfit politician who had committed a criminal offence.
He said the defendant’s actions were actuated by express malice and done in bad faith as well as to instigate public hatred against him.
He added the impugned statement had appeared widely in both English, Malay and other vernacular newspapers, which had a very wide readership in Malaysia.
Khalid said the news was also made available to the world at large through the online portals of these newspapers.
He claimed the defendant had refused to apologise and continued to be defiant despite a letter of demand being sent to him.
He contended that Mohd Nazree’s action had triggered unnecessary Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigations into baseless and unfounded false allegations.
Khalid is seeking other costs and relief deemed fit by the court.
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