Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Commission advisory council member Robert Phang has filed a RM100 million
defamation suit against former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan for
alleging that the former had links to criminal activities and interfered with
the workings of the police force.
However, Phang stressed that he sought
not to profit from the legal suit, but only wanted to clear his
name.
"If I win, I will give everything to charity," said Phang
to reporters before filing his suit against the former top cop (
left)
at the Shah Alam High Court this morning.
"The court will decide who is
the great liar".
He was accompanied by lawyer Sankara Nair, who is acting
on his behalf.
Other than the RM100 million in damages, Phang is also
seeking an injunction to stop Musa from defaming him, legal costs, as well as
aggravated and exemplary damages and other reliefs the court deems necessary to
absolve him from the former IGP's public allegations.
Musa had attacked
Phang personally in a series of media interviews, in which he had alleged that
Phang had
interfered with police personnel movements
and was linked to criminal activities.
The allegations were made by Musa
around the time he was made patron of the PKR-linked Malaysian Crime Watch Task
Force (MyWatch).
He was previously linked to the opposition party and
reports circulated of him
joining the opposition.
Some have
claimed that his recent revelations were prodded by Pakatan Rakyat.
'IGP, Home Minister must respond'
Phang had
earlier sent a letter of demand to Musa asking the former IGP to retract his
allegations and stop defaming him, and hence the legal suit is a follow up to
the letter which Musa did not respond to or comply with.
"If you dare to
say something, then you must dare face the consequences," Phang
said.
Phang lamented the fact that Musa had dragged the entire
police force and the serving IGP Ismail Omar (
right) through the mud in
his personal attacks on Phang.
"He said that the current IGP had met him
and cried, how can you do that?"
However, Phang viewed the allegations by
the former top cop as serious for it linked the police force with criminal
elements.
He urged the matter be investigated as it impugned on the
honour of the nation’s men in uniform.
More so, Phang called on the IGP
and Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to respond to Musa's allegations and
clear the air.
"Allegations in public domain, if not answered, will
become perception," warned Phang.
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