KUALA LUMPUR, 3 MAY, 2012: Azmin Ali is seeking RM100 million in damages from Utusan Malaysia over its report yesterday which linked him to a scandal involving photographs of a man resembling the PKR deputy president allegedly engaging in a sexual act in a toilet.
In a statement today, PKR vice-president N Surendran, who is acting as Azmin's lawyer, said the letter of demand has been served on publishers Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd and its editor.
Azmin is also demanding a withdrawal of the allegation and a public apology to be published on the front page of the daily.
"In view of the seriousness of the allegations and the nationwide circulation of the newspaper, Azmin Ali has demanded the sum of RM100 million in damages," he said.
Surendran added that the photographs were “fabricated” and “politically motivated”.
"(It is) the lowest kind of gutter journalism. As usual, the photos have been widely published in the BN owned media and pro-Umno blogs.
"Utusan Malaysia published the images in a particularly vicious and calculated manner," he said.
Surendran also said PKR held the Prime Minister and Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak personally responsible for the publication of the photos.
"It is impossible that character assassination of this scale could be carried out by Utusan Malaysia without the approval and knowledge of Najib, whose Umno ruling party owns Utusan Malaysia," he said.
Utusan yesterday had a front-page article on Azmin's denial that he was involved in an extra-marital affair.
It also featured photographs of a man resembling Azmin in a toilet tryst taken from various pro-Umno blogs that claimed that Azmin was the man in the pictures.
The photographs can be found in theunspinners.blogspot.com, www.papagomo.com, stopthelies.my, parpukari.blogspot.com and scandalazminali.blogspot.com.
Azmin had issued a statement yesterday denying being the man in the photographs.
“I strongly condemn the vilification made against me to shame me and my family. The disreputable slander that’s being spread by Umno-controlled media has picked it (the series of photographs implicating the PKR leader) up from pro-Umno blogs. These slanderous photographs show a man that they alleged to be me with a woman in a toilet,” Azmin said in a statement posted on his blog yesterday.
It has been a tumultuous week for Azmin following allegations from Bersih 3.0 protesters, the public, rival politicians as well as press members that he and PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim were the culprits responsible for inciting protesters to invade the barricaded Dataran Merdeka during last weekend's Duduk Bantah rally.
The photographs can be found in theunspinners.blogspot.com, www.papagomo.com, stopthelies.my, parpukari.blogspot.com and scandalazminali.blogspot.com.
Azmin had issued a statement yesterday denying being the man in the photographs.
“I strongly condemn the vilification made against me to shame me and my family. The disreputable slander that’s being spread by Umno-controlled media has picked it (the series of photographs implicating the PKR leader) up from pro-Umno blogs. These slanderous photographs show a man that they alleged to be me with a woman in a toilet,” Azmin said in a statement posted on his blog yesterday.
It has been a tumultuous week for Azmin following allegations from Bersih 3.0 protesters, the public, rival politicians as well as press members that he and PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim were the culprits responsible for inciting protesters to invade the barricaded Dataran Merdeka during last weekend's Duduk Bantah rally.
- mD
2 comments:
An- nisa 58
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا
Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, taatlah kamu kepada Allah dan taatlah kamu kepada Rasulullah dan kepada "Ulil-Amri" (orang-orang yang berkuasa) dari kalangan kamu. Kemudian jika kamu berbantah-bantah (berselisihan) dalam sesuatu perkara, maka hendaklah kamu mengembalikannya kepada (Kitab) Allah (Al-Quran) dan (Sunnah) RasulNya - jika kamu benar beriman kepada Allah dan hari akhirat. Yang demikian adalah lebih baik (bagi kamu), dan lebih elok pula kesudahannya.
an nisa 83
وَإِذَا جَاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِّنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذَاعُوا بِهِ وَلَوْ رَدُّوهُ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ وَإِلَىٰ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْهُمْ لَعَلِمَهُ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَنبِطُونَهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ لَاتَّبَعْتُمُ الشَّيْطَانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
Dan apabila datang kepada mereka sesuatu berita mengenai keamanan atau kecemasan, mereka terus menghebahkannya; padahal kalau mereka kembalikan sahaja hal itu kepada Rasulullah dan kepada - "Ulil-Amri" (orang-orang yang berkuasa) di antara mereka, tentulah hal itu dapat diketahui oleh orang-orang yang layak mengambil keputusan mengenainya di antara mereka; dan jika tidaklah kerana limpah kurnia Allah dan belas kasihanNya kepada kamu, tentulah kamu (terbabas) menurut Syaitan kecuali sedikit sahaja (iaitu orang-orang yang teguh imannya dan luas ilmunya di antara kamu).
saman,jgn tak saman,kasi bangkrap sama utuseks..
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