Mike Chong: I did not receive RM2mil to settle Nicky Liow's case


MCA public services and complaints department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong showing a screen capture from Twitter during a press conference, October 8, 2021. With him is lawyer James Ee Kah Fuk (right). — GLENN GUAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Michael Chong has rubbished allegations that he had received RM2mil to settle an assault case involving fugitive businessman Nicky Liow.

An online blog had claimed on Twitter that Chong had received the sum through his lawyer to settle a case where Liow was accused of assaulting Rela personnel in 2017.

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