It's a question of credibility - Amirudin presses ahead to sue Sanusi

 

STATE POLLS | Caretaker Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari is continuing with his legal action against his Kedah counterpart Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor over a defamatory speech while campaigning in Jitra, Kedah recently.

Amirudin (above, left) said his lawyer will be sending the summons to the PAS leader tomorrow or the latest by Thursday.

He said the move is to defend his credibility as the menteri besar, the state administration as well as civil servants who were also affected by Sanusi’s baseless allegations.

“I have to defend my integrity and governance of the Selangor state government.

“… can’t we defend ourselves (from slander)... this is a case of speaking without thinking, has been happening so many times... defaming me but this time, it is against the credibility of the administration and civil servants,” he told a media conference at the Gombak parliamentary service centre in Taman Samudera, Batu Caves today.

Sanusi in a speech during the Jelajah Mega PN Best Sayangi Kedah Sejahtera at Dataran Darul Aman, Jitra, alleged a scandal between Amirudin and Berjaya Corporation Berhad founder and adviser, Vincent Tan, who wanted to implement an RM10 billion project in Sungai Klang.

Amirudin who is also Selangor Pakatan Harapan chairperson called Sanusi’s claim a desperate move to divert attention from his own scandals, adding that the issue had been answered in Selangor state assembly earlier.

“In the last week of this campaign, they (the opposition) are seen to be more aggressive in spreading slanders and recycling allegations that have mostly been answered in the state assembly session... can refer to the assembly session’s Hansard.

“Allegations like these are very shameful and do not reflect his (Sanusi's) status as a leader,” he said.

Meanwhile, when asked about allegations that Pakatan Harapan-BN candidates in Selangor used government machinery or programmes to campaign, Amiruddin, who is the alliance’s candidate for Sungai Tua, denied the allegations.

“In state government’s event... we avoid political speech... not go for promoting (our) candidates... we try to avoid any (state election) campaign or used government machinery,” he said.

The state election of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, and Terengganu will be held simultaneously with polling day this Saturday.

- Bernama