PAS info chief sues blogger over Rohingya Facebook post

 Lawyers representing Ahmad Fadhli Shaari filed the suit against Salim Iskandar earlier this month.

The lawyers for PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari (left) said the claims by blogger Salim Iskandar are untrue and misleading, and tarnished his reputation and credibility as an elected MP.

PETALING JAYA:

PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari is suing political blogger Salim Iskandar for defamation over a Facebook post that claimed he is a Rohingya.

Fadhli’s lawyers, from the firm Nazrul Nazir & Co, said they filed the suit on behalf of their client on Nov 2.

According to the lawyers, Salim’s post on June 7 not only claimed that Fadhli was a Rohingya, but also that he was among the “foreigners” now controlling the Dewan Rakyat.

“Our client says such claims are untrue and misleading, and they tarnished his reputation and credibility as an elected MP,” the law firm said in a statement today.

The lawyers said they had issued a letter of demand on June 11, allowing Salim to resolve the matter without going to court.

“However, we did not receive any response from the defendant,” they said.

In June, Fadhli instructed his lawyers to initiate legal action against a Facebook user over the post, which also featured a poster claiming he was the “first Rohingya MP in Parliament”. - FMT