SHAH ALAM, Aug 31 — Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has filed a lawsuit against Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor over his allegations on the Sungai Klang cleaning project.
Amirudin, 43, as the plaintiff, filed the suit through Tetuan Haijan Omar at the Shah Alam High Court yesterday, naming Sanusi, 49, as the defendant.
On August 9, Amirudin filed a notice of claim against Sanusi and demanded that he apologise within 48 hours for his defamatory statement in a speech in Jitra earlier this month.
The notice of claim stated that Sanusi had slandered the Selangor Pakatan Harapan chairman over the state’s river cleaning project.
It noted that the PAS leader had claimed Berjaya Group founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan wanted to implement a RM10 billion project on Sungai Klang and that in return, the businessman would receive 600 acres of land for free.
Amirudin is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages, as well as an injunctive order to prevent Sanusi from repeating the allegations.
Meanwhile, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Haijan Omar, when contacted by Bernama, confirmed the filing of the suit and informed that the court has fixed October 3 for case management.
— Bernama
