KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — Bangi MP Syahredzan Johan, through his lawyer, sent a letter of demand today seeking an apology and compensation from Bangi PAS chief Mohd Shafie Ngah for several defamatory statements he allegedly made.
He claimed Mohd Shafie had made several slanderous statements against him at two Perikatan Nasional (PN) events held on October 2022 and earlier this month, which in addition to media coverage, were also published on social media.
If his demands were not met within 48 hours, legal action will be taken against Mohd Shafie.
“The disputed statements are not true at all and are slanderous against me. I do not intend to repeat those slanderous statements here,” Syahredzan said in a Facebook post today.
Syahredzan, who is also the political secretary of DAP veteran Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang, said he was open to criticism of his duties since being elected last year as Bangi MP.
However, he claimed that PN claimed was more interested in using slander and hatred rather than practising mature or healthy politics.
On Sunday (July 9), Syahredzan instructed his lawyer to look into Mohd Shafie’s speech during a PN talk in Bangi, after claiming that some of its content was defamatory.
— Bernama
