Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) president, Ibrahim Ali has today filed a suit against The Sun daily, its chief editor and journalist, over an article which he claimed had defamed him and and the Selangor sultan.

The application was filed by his lawyer Salehudin Saidin at the Shah Alam High court this morning.

ibrahim ali sues the sun 290410 02 Ibrahim (l eft ), who is also the Pasir Mas MP claimed that the March 17 article carrying the headline 'Sultan keeps Perkasa guessing on invitation', was defamatory as it meant that Perkasa and himself did not obtain the sultan's confirmation to officiate the right-wing NGO's annual general meeting last month.

He claimed that it painted him as a Malay chauvinist and racist.

The Pasir Mas MP is seeking damages, the amount to be stipulated by the court, an injunction barring the newspaper from repeating such defamation and an apology.

According to Ibrahim, he is demanding RM10 million in damages although this was not mentioned in suit.

perkasa first agm 270310 bigger keris In addition, the suit named Ho Kay Tat, the Sun's group chief editor and managing director who had left the Sun two years ago.

The Perkasa AGM was held as scheduled at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, officiated by former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Ibrahim: Publication malicious

The independent MP had told reporters at the Parliament lobby on March 18, that he had instructed his lawyers to take legal action against the free daily.

The daily was said to have published a report that Perkasa had proceeded to issue invitation cards for its first annual meeting mentioning that the Selangor sultan will be opening the event without the palace's official agreement.

Ibrahim, who was present at the filing said the article was malicious as no other media had carried that particular detail.

The Perkasa president suspected that there were some people behind the publication of the article aimed at derailing the AGM.

perkasa first agm 270310 keris "The report is serious as it involves the Selangor sultan and is painting a bad picture of Perkasa. I am not a racist or an ultra-Malay," he said.

On online media describing Perkasa as a racist organisation, Ibrahim's rebutal was that it is mainly struggling for Malays rights, within the framework of the federal constitution.

"The Chinese have their Dong Zong and Suqiu which had made various demands on the government. Nobody called them racist," he said.

Hence, he emphasised the labeling of Perkasa to be racist is inappropriate.

However, Ibrahim said he does not feel pressured but on the contrary his motivation has been boosted by such allegations.

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