Businessman wants apology, damages from Syed Saddiq over bribes claim

 

Lawyers for Habibul Rahman Kadir Shah claim the statement by Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman was ‘designed to injure his personal character’.

PETALING JAYA: A businessman has demanded an apology from Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman over allegations linking him to a “plot” to offer bribes to Bersatu members.

Habibul Rahman Kadir Shah claimed that Syed Saddiq made the alleged defamatory statement against him at a press conference on Oct 2, 2017.

Reports had said that Syed Saddiq, who was then the Bersatu youth chief, had alleged that there was a “systematic” attempt to influence Bersatu leaders in quitting the party in 2017.

Lawyers for the businessman said Syed Saddiq’s statement, in which Habibul was alleged to have come up with a plan to dismiss Syed Saddiq from his former job as a researcher, was “designed to injure his (Habibul) personal character”.

In a letter of demand from the lawyers of Jahaberdeen & Co, Habibul is seeking an apology within nine days, damages, and an undertaking that Syed Saddiq does not repeat the alleged defamatory words. - FMT