Malaysia PM Anwar sues Muhyiddin over RM15 million wage declare as Selangor’s financial adviser

Earlier in December, Mr Anwar had despatched a letter of demand to Mr Muhyiddin asking for a public apology over the latter’s remarks.

The Pagoh Member of Parliament, nonetheless, didn’t reply to the letter. This led to the submitting of the defamation swimsuit.

In his letter then, Mr Anwar had demanded an unconditional apology be revealed in newspapers and media of his selection. He had additionally sought compensation over “critical damage” to his popularity, in line with Free Malaysia Immediately.

On Dec 7, the political secretary to Selangor chief minister Amirudin Shari, Ms Juwairiya Zulkifli reportedly mentioned that Mr Muhyiddin’s allegation is a recycled accusation that has been denied quite a few instances.

“Throughout the interval Mr Anwar Ibrahim was Selangor’s financial adviser, he was solely given a symbolic wage of RM1 a 12 months. The wage had not been paid to him for the reason that date of appointment. He didn’t obtain any allowances or privileges aside from the RM1 wage,” she was quoted as saying by Bernama.

Mr Anwar was first appointed as Selangor’s financial adviser in November 2009 and served underneath its then-chief minister Mr Khalid Ibrahim.

He continued within the function after his imprisonment in 2015 on a sodomy cost, when Mr Mohamed Azmin Ali turned the state’s subsequent chief minister. He was then given a full royal pardon and launched from jail in Could 2018 after PH received the final election that 12 months.

Earlier this month, Mr Anwar, who can also be the PH chairman, individually filed defamation fits in opposition to Kedah chief minister Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor and Perak Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) commissioner Razman Zakaria.

Based on native media, each allegedly defamatory remarks had been made in the course of the marketing campaign rallies final month, main as much as the GE15.