See you in court, Razman tells Yeoh

Summary

• Perak PAS commissioner Razman Zakaria is ready to face Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh in the civil court over any possible defamation suit.

• Yeoh had previously issued a letter of demand against Razman over an allegation she used her ministerial position to propagate Christianity to Muslims.

• Razman last month apologised for the error during a one-minute excerpt of a 30-minute speech, whereby the error was over Yeoh being the daughter of YTL Corporation’s founder.

Perak PAS commissioner Razman Zakaria is ready to face Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh in the civil court over any potential defamation suit.

Lawyer Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz today confirmed that his client Razman has responded to the DAP leader’s letter of demand linked to the allegation she used her ministerial position to propagate Christianity to Muslims.

“See you in the Ipoh High Court,” the counsel conveyed the PAS leader’s response when queried by Malaysiakini this morning.

When contacted by Malaysiakini today, Yeoh’s counsel Sangeet Kaur Deo confirmed Razman’s reply to the legal letter.

Among the possible next course of action that the Segambut MP may take is to file a defamation action in court against the Semanggol assemblyperson.

Last month, Razman apologised to Yeoh over an error made during a 30-minute speech, with a one-minute excerpt of it containing the claim going viral. The error refers to linking Yeoh as the daughter of YTL Corporation Berhad's founder Yeoh Tiong Lay.

Yeoh had then taken to social media platform X and warned legal action against Razman.

Stating facts

According to a copy of the letter of demand dated Jan 28 and sighted by Malaysiakini, Yeoh demanded RM1 million compensation and a public apology over the Christianity propagation claim.

In a letter of response dated Feb 7 issued to Yeoh’s counsel, Razman denied defaming her and is relying on the defence of justification (ready to prove his statement in court) and fair comment.

The PAS leader contended his words were merely stating the facts based on Yeoh’s memoir “Becoming Hannah”.

Yeoh has an ongoing civil court defamation suit against Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff over a similar allegation linked to her 2014 book.

Incidentally, she has an ongoing appeal over a failed defamation court action against former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan over a similar claim.

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