KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — Anwar Ibrahim filed a lawsuit against Kuala Terengganu MP Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim for allegedly issuing defamatory statements that the Prime Minister lied about receiving a salary of RM1 when he was Selangor’s economic adviser.
Anwar, 75, as the plaintiff filed the suit through S.N. Nair & Partners in the Kuala Terengganu High Court by naming Ahmad Amzad as the sole defendant.
Lawyer Datuk SN Nair, who represented Anwar when contacted by Bernama said the suit was filed at 3.59 pm this afternoon.
In the statement of claim, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman claimed that on Dec 7, the defendant had made several statements to a group of customers while dining at a restaurant.
The PKR president claimed that the statement was republished on TikTok under the name @nelly3868 on the same day (Dec 7) and received more than 4,980 views, 62 comments, 116 ‘like’ buttons, 18 ‘favourite’ buttons and 50 shares. and is accessible up to now.
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