PAS appoints UK lawyer to sue Sarawak Report
Counsel will send a letter of demand first before taking the next course of action, says PAS secretary-general.
(FMT) – PAS has appointed a lawyer in the United Kingdom to initiate a lawsuit against Sarawak Report for claiming that the party leadership had received RM90 million from Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Party Secretary-General Takiyuddin Hassan said the lawyer was appointed last month and was preparing the legal documents.
“We will send a letter of demand to the Sarawak Report editor first before deciding on the next course of action,” he told FMT.
Before deciding to file a suit, an aggrieved party will send a notice to the publisher, seeking the retraction of the defamatory statement, an apology and monetary compensation, failing which a suit will be filed in court.
Takiyuddin said PAS would send a lawyer from Malaysia to liaise with the counsel in the UK when the legal process begins.
Sarawak Report had alleged in an article on Aug 6 that RM90 million was “reckoned” to have entered into the accounts of top PAS leaders.
