DAP leaders file defamation suits against MP


KUALA LUMPUR: Three DAP leaders have filed suits against PAS Kepala Batas Member of Parliament Dr Siti Mastura Muhammad for alleging in a recent ceramah that they were related to former Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng as well as Singapore’s first prime minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew.

The defamation suits were filed by DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng, his father Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang and Seputeh MP Teresa Kok Suh Sim via Messrs SN Nair & Partners on Nov 27 at the George Town High Court.

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