Bestinet Sdn Bhd and its founder, Aminul Islam Abdul Nor, are suing 10 media outlets and individuals, including Malaysiakini, with over RM1 billion being sought as damages.

This is over Bloomberg’s report titled “Everyone gets a cut, and migrant workers pay the price”, published on Jan 23, and subsequent reports repeating its claims and commenting on the issue.

In their statement of claim, Bestinet and Aminul claimed that the impugned statements, among others, portrayed them as...