KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T. Murugiah today filed a RM10 million defamation suit against People’s Progressive Party (PPP) president Datuk M. Kayveas for defaming him.
Murugiah, who was a former PPP supreme council member, filed the suit at the High Court registry here through his lawyer, Francis Pereira.
In his statement of claim, Murugiah said Kayveas had made defamatory statements at several news conferences which was untrue and had an ulterior motive.
He claimed that the statements were published in Berita Harian, The Star and The New Sunday Times on May 10, posted on The New Straits Times Online on May 11, and aired by TV3 on May 9.
“The statements were slanderous and aimed at ridiculing me as a senator, a deputy minister and a PPP supreme council member then.
“As a result, it had tarnished my good name and defamed me and affected my reputation,” he said.
Murugiah is also seeking aggravated and exemplary damages and costs, and an injunction to restrain Kayveas from making any further defamatory statement against him. – Bernama
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