KUALA LUMPUR: Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy has filed a RM10mil suit against a journalist of The Star and Star Publications (M) Bhd over two articles published last year.
Ramasamy filed the suit through lawyer A. Sivanesan, who is also Perak DAP vice-chairman, at the High Court Registry here on Monday.
He named journalist Ian McIntyre and the newspaper publisher as first and second defendants.
The former Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia professor claimed that on Dec 21, McIntyre interviewed him at his office in Komtar, Penang.
He said The Star had “in bad faith” published the article Distress in DAP Continues' on Dec 23, following the interview.
Dr Ramasamy said the article contained defamatory words which could mean that DAP leaders were corrupt, incompetent and that they abused their power and positions.
He said that on Dec 26, he held a press conference here denying the words allegedly uttered by him.
