Pahang govt should protect people, not sue them, says Guan Eng


DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng says the Pahang government should be protecting the people’s right to freedom of expression and not take defamatory action against those who oppose its policies on logging or environmental protection. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 16, 2022.

THE Pahang government should be protecting the people’s right to freedom of expression and not take defamatory action against those who oppose its policies on logging or environmental protection, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said.

“By taking defamatory action on what is essentially a person seeking legal redress to defend a person or company’s reputation, the government is now stretching the definition of defamation to cover governments so that its policies can no longer be questioned or criticised,” the Bagan lawmaker said in a statement today. 


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