KUALA LUMPUR: Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has filed a defamation suit against former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin over the allegation that he had sought the latter's help to settle or postpone his court cases.
According to his statement of claims, Ahmad Zahid said that on Oct 19, 2018, he was charged at the Sessions Court here with 12 counts of breach of trust, eight counts of corruption, and 27 counts of money laundering, all of which were tried in High Court.
He claimed that Muhyiddin had, while on the 15th Johor state election campaign trail in Mersing on Feb 13, made a defamatory statement with ill intention against him.
"On the same day, the video footage of the defamatory statement was published on Astro AWANI YouTube channel managed by Astro AWANI. The video, which lasted two hours 35 minutes and eight seconds (2:35:08), can be accessed on the Internet," he said.
Ahmad Zahid claimed that until the date of the writ of summons and the statement of claims was filed, the video had recorded 29,752 views via the Astro AWANI YouTube channel which has 1.44 million subscribers, and that it was widely shared on other social media platforms namely KiniTV and Perikatan Nasional Facebook page, as well as Malaysiakini and Utusan Malaysia portals on Feb 16 and 17.
The Bagan Datuk Member of Parliament claimed that Muhyiddin's statement implied that he had used a shortcut to settle and postpone his ongoing court cases, that he had asked for Muhyiddin's help to intervene in the court cases and the judiciary system, to order the dissolution of the Johor State Assembly and also implied that he was not a respectable and exemplary leader.
Ahmad Zahid claimed that the allegations were false and aimed at tarnishing his good name and reputation and that it was made by the defendant after the Election Commission's announcement on the Johor state election.
"As such, it was clear that the statement was made with ill intention to influence and tarnish the reputation of the plaintiff as the top leader of Barisan Nasional, and indirectly give a bad image to the coalition contesting in the Johor state election," he claimed.
He is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages, as well as an order for Muhyiddin to publish a public apology in newspapers, and other reliefs and costs deemed fit by the court.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Zahid also filed a notice of ex-parte application for the defendant or his representative to withdraw the defamatory statement or similar defamatory statement against him.
The plaintiff also applied for an interim injunction order to restrain the defendant, his officers and assistants as well as his agents and representatives from issuing, publishing, distributing or disseminating such a defamatory statement on any social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp.
He also applied for an interim injunction order for the defendant to delete, edit and stop the publication of part of the video footage which contained the defamatory statement in online news portals and social media including the Perikatan Nasional Facebook page, Astro AWANI YouTube channel and KiniTV.
The ex-parte application will be heard before Judge Datuk Rozana Ali Yusoff tomorrow.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Tue Apr 05 2022
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has filed a defamation suit against former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin over the allegation that he had sought the latter's help to settle or postpone his court cases. - BERNAMA
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