Politician-turned-businessperson Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak and two others have filed a defamation suit against news portal MalaysiaNow and its editor, demanding RM10 million in damages over articles on the Sabah mining scandal.

Court documents sighted by Malaysiakini found that the suit was filed by Messrs Ahmad Deniel, Ruben & Co at the Shah Alam High Court on July 30.