Malaysia’s biggest ever defamation suit?
In what could be the costliest defamation suit ever filed in Malaysia, on 24th August 2009 it was reported that MCA president and Malaysia’s Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat filed a RM500 million defamation suit against BN Backbenchers Club chairperson and Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing over the latter’s claim of giving RM10 million to the minister.
RM500 million!!! That would buy countless plasma mounts!
It was filed by a team of 9 lawyers at the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
Apparently Ong will donate the RM500 million to charity and education if he wins.
On Tiong’s part, he said he had a witness to the exchange of cash.
The suit asked Tiong to:
(i) retract his statement
(ii) apologise via all major newspapers in the country.
