PKR man threatens to sue Malaysiakini

(The Rakyat Post) – After being slapped with a lawsuit by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, online news portal Malaysiakini now faces the probability of another suit from a Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) state representative.

Seri Andalas assemblyman Dr Xavier Jeyakumar today said legal action will be taken against the portal if it does not apologise over an article entitled ‘PKR top leaders implicated in bribery claim‘.

In the report Malaysiakini quoted Xavier as saying that the claim was ‘absolutely false’ and that the news portal did not get his response before publishing the said report.

Meanwhile, Xavier also threatened a lawsuit against suspended PKR member Badrul Hisham Shahrin or Chegubard, as well as the Tamil Malar newspaper.

Earlier, Najib and Umno executive secretary Datuk Ab Rauf Yusoh filed a defamation suit against the company operating the Malaysiakini portal and two of its editors over the publication of two articles last month, as reported by Bernama.

The defendants named were Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, Malaysiakini editor-in-chief Steven Gan and chief editor Fathi Aris Omar.

The suit was over two articles entitled “A case of the PM reaping what he sows” and “How much will Najib spend to keep Terengganu?” via the news portal’s ‘Yoursay’ column which is based on user comments grouped into articles.