Hanif read in a statement: "I hereby express my unreserved apology for the statements I made about Lim Kit Siang during the convention on Sept 6, 2018. "I also retract in entirety my tweet dated Sept 7, 2018," the DAP leader said. Kit Siang was represented by counsel Sangeet Kaur Deo, while Datuk Muralee Menon appeared for Hanif. “We admit that we erroneously reported that the plaintiff (Kit Siang) wanted Malaya to be divided into two — that is the East Coast for the Malays and the West Coast for the Chinese. Kit Siang also claimed that the second defendant in the suit (Sinar Harian) acted maliciously by publishing the defamatory words.

Source: The Edge Markets September 20, 2021 04:31 UTC