UUM law student lodges a police report over SW1M president's claim that she had made a rude gesture at a forum in December.
PETALING JAYA: UUM law student KS Bawani lodged a police report yesterday against Suara Wanita 1Malaysia (SW1M) president Sharifah Zohra Jabeen for claiming that she had shown her the middle finger before walking out of a forum at the university on Dec 4.
“I categorically deny ever making such a gesture. Sharifah is a liar. Her statement has tarnished my name in the public. Her allegation is false and defamatory,” Bawani told FMT today.
She lodged a report against Sharifah at Kajang district police headquarters yesterday.
“Sharifah also told FMT that SW1M would be uploading a full version of the video which would reveal that I showed the middle finger. I’m waiting to see it. I want the police to investigate and get to the bottom of her preposterous claim,” she added.
Sharifah, in an exclusive interview with FMT on Feb 1, made the claim for the first time since she was lambasted for her treatment of Bawani at the forum, a video clip of which was first uploaded three weeks ago on YouTube, titled “Forum Suara Mahasiswa Part 4″.
After a storm of protests from netizens, Sharifah issued a statement saying she forgave Bawani and stressed that she was neither contemptuous of university students nor against their right to exercise free speech. She then apologised to UUM, but not to Bawani.
In an immediate reaction to Bawani’s police report, Sharifah denied uttering defamatory statements in the interview she gave to FMT.
“Surprisingly FMT wrote the article, yet I cannot discern any defamatory statement in the article,” she said in a text message.
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