Friday, December 12, 2008

Teresa Kok files suit against Utusan, columnist - Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Dec 12, 2008

Seputeh Member of Parliament (MP) Teresa Kok has filed an RM30mil defamation suit against Utusan Melayu Sdn Bhd, which publishes Malay daily Utusan Malaysia, and its columnist Datuk Chamil Wariya.

Her lawyer Sankara Nair filed the suit for Kok at the KL High Court civil registry here on Friday morning.

On Oct 12, Utusan published a cerpen or short story written by Chamil, the Malaysian Press Institute chief executive officer, titled Politik Baru YB Josephine, which Sankara claimed referred either directly or by innuendo to his client.

Kok said she decided to take legal action against the defendants as the article made baseless allegations.

In late October, she had sent letters of demand to the defendants which also demanded a public retraction by Utusan and an apology to be published in newspapers of her choice.

She also asked for an undertaking that Chamil and the paper would not repeat the allegations and comments contained in the impugned article.

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