Lawyer files RM50m defamation suit against 17 parties

KUALA LUMPUR: A senior lawyer, Rosli Dahlan, has filed a RM50 million defamation suit against 17 parties including senior officers of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) and the Government over his arrest and being charged for failure to disclose information on his assets.

The suit was filed via Messrs Kumar Parnership at the High Court civil registry at 9.30am today.

He also named the owner and publiser of Utusan Malaysia Bhd, a Malay daily as a defendant, followed by its editors Mohd Zaini Hassan and Abdul Rahim Lajis.

Among the MACC officers named as defendants were its deputy director-general Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed and deputy Director of Investigations and Prosecution, Anthony Kevin Morais.

In his affidavit, Rosli claimed he had been wrongfully arrested by the MACC despite the fact that the agency was aware that investigations on his client, former Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Ramli Yusuff, were ongoing at the material time. - + selanjutnya

Lawyer files RM50m defamation suit against 17 parties