The Bersih coalition has filed a defamation suit against English-language daily New Straits Times (NST) over its article accusing the pro-electoral reform group of conspiring to destabilise the government.
“We have studied the article very carefully and we find that the article makes a lot of false accusations about Bersih and the nature of its activities,” said the coalition’s steering committee member Andrew Khoo. The coalition had previously threatened to sue New Straits Times soon after the front-page article was published on Sept 21 last year, unless there is a retraction and apology.
Khoo told reporters after filing the suit at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that written demands to retract the article were not entertained, nor did it publish Bersih’s response to the accusations.
This forced the coalition to use legal means to “set the record straight”, he said.
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