KUALA LUMPUR: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has filed a RM500mil defamation suit against Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing.
The suit was filed over “unfounded and malicious defamatory allegations” made by Tiong that Ong had received RM10mil from him for MCA activities – claims that Tiong had made following the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) disclosure.
The suit was filed at the High Court registry here yesterday.
Legal team: Ong's lawyers gathering at the Kuala Lumpur Court before filling a RM500mil suit against Tiong Monday. Counsel for the MCA president, Ronnie Tan, said that whatever the amount awarded by the KL High Court would be given for education aid and other charities.
He said Ong reserved the right to seek an interim injunction to restrain Tiong from making further allegations.
In his statement of claim, Ong demanded that Tiong fully withdraw his defamatory remarks and publish an apology in all major Malaysian newspapers of all languages.
Ong said the allegations made by Tiong were baseless, untrue and defamatory and had damaged his reputation, image, integrity and good name in the eyes of the public.
The purpose of such statements, he said, was to tarnish his name as a national leader and caused him to be hated, humiliated and condemned by the public.
Such remarks, he said, were published with elements of mala fide (bad faith) by Tiong to obstruct the fair and just investigation into the misuse of funds in the PKFZ issue and the role played by Tiong’s company in the controversy.
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