Letter of Demand Sent To Khir Toyo
Dear all,
In Khir Toyo’s speech in the DUN Selangor yesterday, he said he did not implicate me in the azan issue. Instead, he blamed it on Utusan Malaysia, and he said that’s why I did not sue him but I sue Utusan Malaysia only.
However, when YB Lau Wen San, ADUN for Kg Tunku read out what Khir had written in his his blog that has implicated me, he was speechless. I was very cheesed off with his arrogant attitude.
After he delivered his speech, I then called my lawyer Sankara Nair and told him what had happened. Nair then slapped him with my Letter of Demand.
S N NAIR & PARTNERS
(Advocates & Solicitors)
Your Ref : please advise
Our Ref : SNN/YBT/Khir Toyo/08
Date : 21-10-2008
Dato Seri YB Mohamad Khir Bin Toyo
No. 51, Taman Ria,
45400 Sekinchan
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tingkat 8, Bangunan UMNO Selangor,
Persiaran Perbandaran,
40000 Shah Alam
Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Tel: 03-5031 2020
Fax: 03-5031 2005
BY
POST/ BYHAND
Dear YB,
RE: LIBELOUS ARTICLE (AMENDED)
We act for YB Teresa Kok Suh Sim.
We are instructed that on or about Wednesday 9th July 2008, you
published and/or caused to be published on your blog address known as
www.drkhir.com captioned as “Cetusan Dr.Mohamad Khir Toyo” in your
reply to comments posted to an Article you posted on 5th July 2008
which is reproduced (truncated) herewith:
“Saturday, July 5, 2008
Anwar Ibrahim, Lain Bengkak Lain Bernanah?
Dalam tulisan saya sebelum ini (lihat Anwar Ibrahim dan Mimpinya),
saya menyentuh mengenai tingkah laku Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI)
dalam mencatur dan memporak-perandakan senario politik negara….”
(hereinafter called the ” Article”)
To a question to one commentator known as “saudara sinatra_ z” who
asked you a question which is reproduced herewith in full:
saudara sinatra_z said…
Dr Khir ada burung berkicau dalam internet berkata..
Dalam dewan undangan negeri Selangor,Terresa Kok telah mengepalai satu
petisyen penduduk di Puchong kepada Datuk Satim Diman (Sri Kembangan)
mengenai aduan penduduk bukan Islam terhadap laungan azan subuh yg
didakwa menggangu ketenteraman penduduk.
You have replied to Saudara sinatra as follows which is reproduced
herewith in full as follows:
“Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo said…
Saudara sinatra_ z,
Memang betul ada petisyen dari kaum Cina Kinrara yang meminta
diperlahankan suara azan. Petisyen ini disokong oleh YB. Teresa Kuok.
Perkara ini dibangkitkan oleh YB datuk Satim di DUN Selangor tetapi
tiada jawapan. Saya bimbang mungkin kerana YB Teresa Kuok telah
berjanji untuk membantu tuntutan itu dilaksanakan.
Saya sebagai Ketua Pembangkang akan terus menentang perkara tersebut
atas dasar agama Islam adalah agama rasmi negara dan negara ini
mengamalkan kebebasan beragama dan tiada undang-undang yang menghalang
surau dan masjid menggunakan pembesar suara. Perkara ini berlaku
kerana pendokong DAP telah jadi besar kepala sejak akhir-akhir ini.
Jangan dijolok sarang tebuan, kelak menyesal tak berkesudahan.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 (hereinafter called the “said Reply”).
Inter alia, the said Reply contained the following defamatory words
uttered by you about our client:
i. Memang betul ada petsyen dari kaum Cina Kinrara yang meminta
diperlahankan suara
azan. Petisyen ini disokong oleh YB.Teresa Kuok.
ii. Perkara ini dibangkitkan oleh YB datuk Satim di DUN Selangor
tetapi tiada jawapan.
Saya bimbang mungkin kerana YB Teresa Kuok telah berjanji untuk membantu
tuntutan itu dilaksanakan.
(hereinafter called “the impugned words”)
The impugned words that you published and the allegations that you
published or caused to be published in the said Reply mean and were
understood to mean that our client, inter alia:-
1) Is racist;
2) Is a religious and racist bigot;
3) Is untrustworthy and a politician bereft of integrity;
4) Is intolerant, unprincipled and low moral values;
5) Is chauvinistic, anti-Islam and anti-Malay and
6) Has committed serious criminal offences under the Penal Code and
other laws of Malaysia;
Our client contends the following in that the impugned words published
by you and the contents in the said Reply in respect of our client:-
a) are and were grossly negligent, reckless, irresponsible,
deliberate, malicious and aimed to lower our client’s esteem in the
eye of the public and expose our client to public hatred, scorn,
odium, contempt and ridicule;
b) are wholly untrue, motivated by malice, mala fides, distortion of
facts suggesting moral and legal impropriety on the part of our client
and are principally done in your pursuit of seeking cheap publicity
for political and other purposes, sensationalism;
c) are pre-mediated and calculated to tarnish, malign, defame and
seriously injure the good name and character of our client;
We are further instructed that you have republished or caused it to be
republished the abovementioned impugned words and libelous comments.
The impugned words published by you and the contents in the said Reply
in respect of our client and the comments against our client by you,
amounts to a very serious libel on our client and have caused our
client considerable distress and embarrassment. These impugned words
published by you and the contents in the said Reply in respect of our
client and comments made against our client are false, malicious and
your attack on our client is wholly unjustified.
We are therefore instructed to demand from you, which we hereby do:
1) An immediate and unequivocal public retraction of the said Reply
and the impugned words from the said Blog, other blogs and media and
the removal of all the offending and defamatory comments, forthwith.
2) An apology in terms to be approved by us as solicitors to be
published in newspapers of our client’s choice.
3) An undertaking by yourselves not to repeat the above allegations
and comments such as the impugned words or the likes of the same.
Our client has also instructed us to demand damages from you for the
injury caused to our client’s reputation of RM10,000,000-00. (Ringgit
Malaysia Ten Million Only)
Our client has also requested us to demand payment of all legal costs
that has been incurred with regard to this matter.
This letter is written in accordance with the pre-action protocol
prior to the institution of a libel action. We look forward to hearing
from you without delay. If we do not receive a satisfactory reply
within seven (7) days of the receipt of this letter, our instructions
are to institute legal proceedings. In the meantime, our client
reserves all our client’s rights in this matter.
Please acknowledge receipt accordingly.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
S N NAIR & PARTNERS