Berjaya Group founder Vincent Tan has issued a letter of demand to Kedah caretaker menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, demanding a public apology and for him to pay RM200 million in compensation.
This is over Sanusi’s claim of impropriety between the tycoon and Selangor caretaker menteri besar Amirudin Shari over the Klang River cleaning project.
In the letter issued through the law firm Pierre Chuah & Associates, Tan’s lawyers asserted that Sanusi’s claims are “plainly false, untrue, unwarranted, unsubstantiated, malicious, and mischievous statements against our client”.
They also demanded Sanusi to retract his claims and make a written undertaking to cease repeating them.
The letter gives Sanusi until the close of business tomorrow to agree to their demands.
Otherwise, the lawyers said they have Tan’s instructions to proceed to take legal action against him.
The lawyers warned that Sanusi’s claims may be liable to action under Section 499 of the Penal Code for criminal defamation, which is punishable with up to two years imprisonment, a fine, or both.
“Accordingly, our client reserves the right to lodge a police report against you,” they said in the letter dated Aug 4.
In a speech during a Perikatan Nasional (PN) ceramah in Jitra, Kedah, on Aug 2, Sanusi claimed that Selangor could incur losses of up to RM180 million because of the Selangor Maritime Gateway project.
He also questioned how Tan could acquire a significant stake in a Menteri Besar Selangor Incorporated (MBI-Selangor)-owned firm.
Both Amirudin and Berjaya Land chief executive officer Syed Ali Shahul Hameed have denied Sanusi’s claims and threatened legal action.
Despite legal threats, Sansui told Malaysiakini on Saturday that he will prove his claims in court. - Mkini
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