SENIOR Malacca executive council member Rais Yasin today said he is mulling taking action for defamation on a controversial posting on social media that linked him to a woman in an alleged sex scandal.

Without mentioning what his course of action it might be, the executive councillor in charge of housing, local government, drainage, climate change and disaster management, said it is to defend his dignity and that of his family from the disparaging accusation.

“I regard this to be a fabricated allegation aimed at bringing me down. But be warned, to whoever made this (allegation), I will also seek ways and means to fight and defend myself, my dignity and my family’s,” he said after going on a walkabout at the Malacca Historic City Council market in Bachang today.

Asked if he would lodge a police report regarding the matter, the Paya Rumput assemblyman cum Malacca Umno deputy chief said he will not do so but is willing to give his cooperation if asked to facilitate any investigation into the case.

Meanwhile, Malacca Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission director Mohd Shahril Che Saad confirmed receiving a report regarding the allegation that a state exco was involved in sex bribery as an inducement to approve a government project. – Bernama, April 27, 2023.