Jeyakumar files defamation suit against DAP assemblyman


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 05 Jul 2017

IPOH: Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar of PSM filed a defamation suit against fellow Opposition lawmaker, Sungkai assemblyman A. Sivanesan, at the Sessions Court here.

This comes after Sivanesan of DAP failed to apologise for claiming in an article in a Tamil newspaper on May 21 that Dr Jeyakumar had not fully declared his assets.

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