Thu, 25 Mar 2010
By Rahmah Ghazali
FMT ALERT KUALA LUMPUR: Former PKR MP Zahrain Mohamed Hashim has threatened to sue Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for defamation if he does not tender an apology within seven days.
Speaking to reporters in Parliament today, the Bayan Baru MP said that his lawyer Hanif Khatri Abdullah will serve a letter of demand on Lim tomorrow.
“This concerns what Lim has said about me and a RM2 company,” he added.
It is alleged that the former Penang PKR leader, now an independent MP, wanted Lim to give the greenlight for a RM2 company to operate and manage the Bukit Jambul Golf and Country Club, of which Zahrain is a director.
The MP is also contemplating taking legal action against PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution for making a similar claim in the party organ Suara Keadilan.
Saifuddin claimed that Umno had offered to settle Zahrain's debt amounting to RM1.8 million, leading the latter to quit the party and declare himself an independent MP.
Zahrain however had said that he left PKR because he lost confidence in Lim and Anwar Ibrahim's leadership.
"I want to stop all the slander against me. Even the King has advised us to stay away from it. In order for me to react to fitnah (slander), I have no other choice but to take it to the court
"Enough is enough. Those who talk bad about me, I will take action. I am extremely strict about this," he warned
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