PAS info chief sues blogger over Rohingya Facebook post
Lawyers representing Ahmad Fadhli Shaari filed the suit against Salim Iskandar earlier this month.
PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari has initiated legal proceedings against political blogger Salim Iskandar for defamation. The lawsuit, filed on November 2 through the law firm Nazrul Nazir & Co, alleges that Salim's June 7 Facebook post falsely claimed that Fadhli is a Rohingya and that the latter is among the "foreigners" controlling the Dewan Rakyat.
The firm representing Ahmad stated that the claims in the post were untrue, misleading, and damaging to his reputation as an elected MP. In June, Ahmad had already instructed his lawyers to pursue legal action against a Facebook user for the same post, which also contained a poster claiming Fadhli was the "first Rohingya MP in Parliament." Despite sending a letter of demand on June 11, no response was received from Salim Iskandar.
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