Anwar sues Kuala Terengganu MP for defamation


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim filed a lawsuit against Kuala Terengganu MP Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim for allegedly issuing defamatory statements that the Prime Minister lied about receiving a salary of RM1 when he was Selangor's economic adviser.

Anwar, 75, as the plaintiff, filed the suit through SN Nair & Partners in the Kuala Terengganu High Court by naming Ahmad Amzad as the sole defendant.

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