Malaysia Update

KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim filed a defamation suit against the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and its chief for making false and scurrilous allegations against him over the issue of his car and cows.

Khalid filed the suit yesterday afternoon at the High Court registry through counsel Sankara N. Nair.

Khalid named MACC chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan, the commission and the government as defendants.

Khalid claimed that on or about Feb 21, Ahmad Said had made a statement which was published on the front page of the New Straits Times, "Khalid in hot water over car and cows", and on page two of the paper titled "There is evidence Khalid misused powers".

He said the statement was also published in other newspapers and their online services.


Khalid claimed that Ahmad Said and the MACC had acted in bad faith in that it instigated public hatred against him, lowered his esteem in the eyes of the public and exposed him to ridicule and contempt.



Khalid, through his lawyer, had sent two letters to Ahmad Said, on Feb 26 and on March 19, to seek an explanation but to date, the MACC had not responded.