Keadilan Shah Alam deputy chief Raja Kamaruddin Raja Wahid will soon file a defamation suit against a local English daily and lodge a police report against the police over his seven-hour detention o­n Saturday.

When contacted today, his lawyer Wan M Razali Wan A Kadir said legal action will be taken against the New Straits Times over the front-page story o­n its Sunday edition, which "tried to link Keadilan with a terrorist group".

"The paper was trying to portray that Keadilan symphatised with (recent ISA detainee) Abdul Manaf Kasmuri," he said.

He claimed the report showed Keadilan as supporting the former army officer who was held for his alleged ties with regional terror network Jemaah Islamiah.

Raja Kamaruddin -- popularly known as Raja Komando was arrested after he allegedly disobeyed police orders and insisted o­n entering Keadilan Selangor Youth chief SD Mohd Johari Yassin's residence in Shah Alam where a barbecue party was supposed to take place.